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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jean Sebastiaen Metz, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pepijn T. Zoon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthijs Jacob Frederik Zoon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A novel method for scrolling an electronic document (e.g., a webpage, article, etc.) that is displayed in a display area on a screen is provided. The method receives a swipe gesture on a touch-sensitive input surface, which can be a touch-sensitive surface of a cursor controller (e.g., trackpad, etc.) or can be a touch-sensitive surface of the screen. Based on the swipe gesture's velocity, the method scrolls the document on the display screen and identifies a first location on the document for ending the scrolling. Also, based on this velocity, the method identifies a size for a neighboring region around the identified location. The method then determines whether a scroll stoppage marker is defined for the neighboring region. Each scroll stoppage marker specifies a location within the document for stopping the document's scrolling.