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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Philip Luk, North York, CA;
Matthew Lee, Belleville, CA;
Philip Luk, North York, CA;
Matthew Lee, Belleville, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
Displaying information in a column of a user interface (UI) on a display screen is enhanced by a column scroll control that displays information that is otherwise truncated from display in the space allocated to the column. The control is sensitive to a threshold limited scrolling input from a user to activate the display of the information ticker style. The display of the remainder of the user interface may be maintained while the column is scrolled. The controls are advantageous for trackball and similar pointing devices especially those used with handheld wireless communication devices (cellular phones, PDAs, smart phones, etc.) where one handed operation is desirable and where display screen sizes and resolutions often require truncation of information in a particular column entry or entries.