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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Takeo Igarashi, Chigasaki, JP;
Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kenneth P. Hinckley, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for navigating through a content or document in a display, wherein as the rate of such navigation increases, the scale of the document decreases. Thus, more of the document is viewable in the display. One method involves receiving an input, such as a user input on an input device which may include a joystick, a mouse, a trackball, or other pointing device. The input is mapped to either a speed of navigation through a content space or scale of the content space while being navigated. The other of speed or scale to which the output was not mapped is determined according to the relationship that scale multiplied by speed equals a constant value. The content space is subsequently navigated based on the speed or scale mapped from the input and the scale or speed is determined.