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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Nicholas Jitkoff, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Roma Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);

Alex Ainslie, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Jitkoff, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Roma Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);

Alex Ainslie, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for accelerated scrolling and zooming of content. A method may include receiving an indication of a scroll action. The scroll action indicates a direction to scroll and a user's intent to scroll a significant distance. The method further includes evaluating the direction and a length of the scroll action. The method still further includes providing a scroll widget, for example by an operating to an application. The widget is to be presented relative to a location of where the indication was received. The scroll widget then allows a user to jump to a top or an end of a content displayed at the location.


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