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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
John Sexton, Grenagh, IE;
Cathal O'donovan, Cork, IE;
David Barta, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Michael P. Bushe, Hopkinton, MA (US);
John Sexton, Grenagh, IE;
Cathal O'Donovan, Cork, IE;
David Barta, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Michael P. Bushe, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Displaying requested data from a database includes providing a display containing a scroll bar with a scroll tab therein, determining a total amount of the requested data, sizing the scroll tab in the scroll bar according to the total amount of the requested data and according to an amount of data displayable in the display, and fetching a predetermined amount of data from a first portion of the database. The predetermined amount may be independent of the size of the display. The predetermined amount may be less than the total amount of the requested data. Sizing the scroll tab may include choosing a size that indicates to a user that all of the requested data is being fetched from the database and/or may include choosing a size that is inversely proportional to the total amount of the request data in response to the total amount of the requested data being less than a predetermined value. Choosing a size may include choosing a predetermined size in response to the total amount of the requested data being greater than the predetermined value.