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US 7,681,123 B2Granted
User interface for dynamic presentation of text
AssigneeResource Consortium Limited
InventorPhilip R Krause
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and article of manufacture of the present invention provide improved rate of text presentation to a reader. The invention provides a method for defining a region of the display at which text is preferably read, and further provides a user interface for adjusting the speed of text display according to a screen location corresponding to that at which text is being read at any time.
Claims20
A method for using a computer system to permit a reader of a text that is presented on a computer display controlled by the computer system to optimize the rate at which text is presented, comprising the steps of:
- a) presenting text to be read on a computer display comprising a first region and a second region, wherein:
- i) said first and second regions are non-overlapping;
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- ii) said second region is associated with display of text that is intended to be read after the text displayed in said first region;
- b) determining the location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader;
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- c) adjusting the rate of text presentation such that:
- i) when said location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is within said first region of the display, the rate of text presentation does not change substantially over time;
- ii) when said location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is within said second region of the display, the rate of text presentation increases;
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- iii) after text has been read at said second location on the computer display and said rate of text presentation has increased, when the location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is returned to said first region of the display, the rate of text presentation does not change substantially from said increased rate.
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A computer memory storage device encoded with a computer program for using a computer system to display electronic text comprising:
- a) means for presenting text to be read on a computer display comprising a first region and a second region, wherein:
- i) said first and second regions are non-overlapping;
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- ii) said second region is associated with display of text that is intended to be read after the text displayed in said first region;
- b) means for determining the location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader;
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- c) means for adjusting the rate of text presentation such that:
- i) when said location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is within said first region of the display, the rate of text presentation does not change substantially over time;
- ii) when said location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is within said second region of the display, the rate of text presentation increases;
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- iii) after text has been read at said second location on the computer display and said rate of text presentation has increased, when the location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is returned to said first region of the display, the rate of text presentation does not change substantially from said increased rate.
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A computer system for displaying electronic text comprising:
- a) a display device controlled by the computer, said display device imaging a portion of said text controlled by the computer system;
- b) means for presenting text to be read on a computer display comprising a first region and a second region, wherein:
- i) said first and second regions are non-overlapping;
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- ii) said second region is associated with display of text that is intended to be read after the text displayed in said first region;
- c) means for determining the location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader;
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- d) means for adjusting the rate of text presentation such that:
- i) when said location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is within said first region of the display, the rate of text presentation does not change substantially over time;
- ii) when said location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is within said second region of the display, the rate of text presentation increases;
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- iii) after text has been read at said second location on the computer display and said rate of text presentation has increased, when the location on the computer display at which text is being read by the reader is returned to said first region of the display, the rate of text presentation does not change substantially from said increased rate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.