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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kulvir S. Bhogal, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Lisa Seacat DeLuca, San Francisco, CA (US);

Robert R. Peterson, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04855 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/30899 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are techniques for utilizing scrolling fixation. An amount of time a user spends on a portion of a page based on scroll bar usage by the user is monitored. The amount of time the user spends on the portion of the page is aggregated with an amount of time at least one other user spent on that portion of the page based on scroll bar usage by the at least one other user. A scroll bar is displayed with at least one indicator, wherein the at least one indicator represents an aggregated amount of time spent on an associated portion of the page.


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