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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
Lloyd W. Allen, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Jana H. Jenkins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven M. Miller, Cary, NC (US);
Lloyd W. Allen, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Jana H. Jenkins, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven M. Miller, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Scrolling through a large file using a small scroll handle can be challenging for users. Using the small scroll handle to navigate through the large file rarely produces accurate results. Functionality can be implemented to navigate through file content without the user having to locate, click on, and drag the scroll handle. Content navigation can be achieved by employing knowledge of a current focus in the file and performing scroll jumps in accordance with binary search techniques. Navigation scope for the file can be refined at each iteration, based on a user indicating whether to move up or down in the file after each intermediate position. Such a technique for content navigation can help users locate content in a file with greater speed and accuracy.