Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1995-03-20
1997-05-06
Bayerl, Raymond J.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
395357, 395350, 395354, 345902, G06F 300, G06F 314
Patent
active
056279809
ABSTRACT:
A method for accessing members of an ordered data set includes a procedure for dividing an ordered data set into multiple ordered subsets, designating at least one member of each ordered subset as a bracket member, referencing those members of each ordered subset not identified as bracket members with a collective data member symbol, and displaying an ordered set of bracket members, with a collective data member symbol such as an ellipsis displayed between those bracket members separated from each other by two or more members in the ordered data set. Upon user selection of the ellipsis, this procedure is repeated, with those members of each ordered subset not identified as bracket members, and arranged between a respective pair of bracket members, constituting a new ordered data set capable of being divided into multiple ordered subsets. In effect, this method references data not shown on a display screen through designation with an ellipsis, and advantageously allows access to large sets of ordered data even with a physically small display device or computer.
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Schilit William N.
Tso Michael M.
Bayerl Raymond J.
Burtzlaff Robert A.
Xerox Corporation
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