US 9,471,549 B2Granted

Systems and methods for user modifiable truncation

AssigneeAppsense Limited

InventorsPaul Delivett, Richard James Somerfield, James Tupper

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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for displaying and manipulating the display of digital character strings where the length of the character string extends beyond the width of a desired output display. In response to a user request to display a character string, a client can generate a truncated representation of the character string using at least one truncation symbol when the character string extends beyond the width of an output display. A client can modify the display of the truncated representation of the character string in response to detecting a signal corresponding to a change in location of the truncation symbol. The signal can be detected from a touchscreen or input device. This allows a user to view any portion of a selected character string, including those portions that may be obscured by the truncation symbol.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

retrieving a character string;
determining whether truncation is needed in order to display the character string on an output display;
generating a first truncated representation of the character string when the character string extends beyond a width of the output display;
displaying the first truncated representation on the output display, wherein the first truncated representation includes a truncation symbol at a first location to omit a first portion of the character string;
receiving a signal corresponding to the truncation symbol at the first location;
sensing a change in the signal to a second location of the character string that corresponds to a second portion of the character string, wherein the second location is dynamically adjustable to any portion of the character string;
and
in response to sensing the change in the signal to the second location, moving the truncation symbol to the second location to display a second truncated representation of the character string on the output display, wherein the second truncated representation includes (1) the truncation symbol used to omit the second portion of the character string, and (2) the first portion of the character string that was previously omitted.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions that are operable to cause an apparatus to:

retrieve a character string;
determine whether truncation is needed in order to display the character string on an output display;
generate a first truncated representation of the character string when the character string extends beyond a width of the output display;
display the first truncated representation on the output display, wherein the first truncated representation includes a truncation symbol at a first location to omit a first portion of the character string;
receive a signal corresponding to the truncation symbol at the first location;
sense a change in the signal to a second location of the character string that corresponds to a second portion of the character string, wherein the second location is configured to be dynamically adjustable to any portion of the character string;
and
in response to sensing the change in the signal to the second location, move the truncation symbol to the second location to display a second truncated representation of the character string on the output display, wherein the second truncated representation includes (1) the truncation symbol used to omit the second portion of the character string, and (2) the first portion of the character string that was previously omitted.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.