Predictive scrolling

A system for graphically displaying database records on a display screen with limited display area, the system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium storing computer program modules configured to execute on the computer processor, the computer program modules comprising:
• an input/output driver module configured to:
• display a plurality of database records from a first perspective, a first subset of the plurality of database records at least partially obscured by a first record;
• and
• responsive to a user input, animate the display to scroll through the database records;
• determine a final record from the plurality of database records to display at a conclusion of the scrolling before the scrolling comes to the conclusion;
• render an image comprising a graphical representation of a set of data corresponding to the final record before the scrolling comes to the conclusion;
• and
• responsive to the conclusion of the scrolling, receive the rendered image and displaying the rendered image such that the rendered image obscures at least partially a final subset of the plurality of database records.

A computer program product having a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable code for graphically displaying database records on a display screen with limited display area, the code comprising:

• an input/output driver module configured to:
• display a plurality of database records from a first perspective, a first subset of the plurality of database records at least partially obscured by a first record;
• and
• responsive to a user input, animate the display to scroll through the database records;
• determine a final record from the plurality of database records to display at a conclusion of the scrolling before the scrolling comes to the conclusion;
• render an image comprising a graphical representation of a set of data corresponding to the final record before the scrolling comes to the conclusion;
• and
• responsive to the conclusion of the scrolling, receive the rendered image and displaying the rendered image such that the rendered image obscures at least partially a final subset of the plurality of database records.