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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Applicant:
Jeremy H. L. Griffith, East Rochester, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jeremy H. L. Griffith, East Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a way of handling multiple text fields on user interfaces that are associated with relatively small screens, such as touch screen displays. Multiple text fields are presented in the same horizontal line. Contents of the currently selected text field are displayed in the horizontal line. The other text fields are indicated by a label or flag. Alternatively, the text fields may be presented in a tabbed format or with the use of pop-up windows.