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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

May. 31, 2013
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Kathryn Bush, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for navigating large bodies of content is provided. The system includes an interface component configured to generate a user interface for navigating a body of content on a display device, the interface comprising a display area, a scrollbar comprising a plurality of segments, a scroll box and an exit command widget attached to the scroll box. Each of the plurality of segments are associated with respective portions of the body of content and the scroll box is configured to move over the plurality of segments to navigate through the body content and cause a respective portion of the body of the content to be displayed in the display area when the scroll box is positioned over a segment associated with the respective portion, and wherein the scroll box is configured to move to the exit command widget directly from a segment to focus on the exit command widget.


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