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US 7,735,019 B2Granted
Method for providing functional context within an actively scrolling view pane
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJoseph Eric Firebaugh, Santiago D. Oretega, Ryan Alexander Boyles, Laquicia Shianna Barbee
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Abstract
A method, system and computer-usable medium for using a context aware viewport module to graphically display, and interact with, a viewport. The context aware viewport is implemented in a graphical user interface (GUI) and comprises a spatially context aware informational portion and a viewport portion.
Claims20
A computer-implementable method comprising:
- presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a viewport portion and an informational portion;
- determining whether the viewport has been scrolled;
- presenting context aware information within the informational portion when the viewport portion is scrolled;
- and,
- querying what line is beneath a particular viewport coordinate;
- and wherein,
- the presenting content aware information further comprises presenting information regarding what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to the processor;
- and
- computer program product embodying computer program instructions, the computer program product being coupled to the data bus, the computer program instructions being executable by the processor and configured for:
- presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a viewport portion and an informational portion;
- determining whether the viewport has been scrolled;
- and,
- presenting context aware information within the informational portion when the viewport portion is scrolled;
- and,
- querying what line is beneath a particular viewport coordinate;
- and wherein,
- the presenting content aware information further comprises presenting information regarding what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
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A computer program product embodying computer program instructions, the computer program instructions comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
- presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface including a viewport portion and an informational portion;
- determining whether the viewport has been scrolled;
- and,
- presenting context aware information within the informational portion when the viewport portion is scrolled;
- and,
- querying what line is beneath a particular viewport coordinate;
- and wherein,
- the presenting content aware information further comprises presenting information regarding what line is beneath the particular viewport coordinate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.