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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2004
Ian R. Ollmann, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nathan T. Slingerland, Capitola, CA (US);
Sanjay K. Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ian R. Ollmann, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nathan T. Slingerland, Capitola, CA (US);
Sanjay K. Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing a scroll bar including a plurality of locations corresponding to a plurality of locations in a file are disclosed. One or more location criteria that are obtained are used to identify one or more desired locations in the file. One or more display criteria to be applied to designate the one or more desired locations are identified. In addition, one or more desired locations in the file are located according to the location criteria. The scroll bar is then displayed by applying the display criteria to one or more locations of the scroll bar corresponding to the desired locations in the file.