Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-09-10
2000-03-28
Fetting, Anton W.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707104, 707501, 707512, 707526, 345425, 345427, G06F 1730
Patent
active
060443855
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for efficiently managing the manipulation of documents too large to be legibly displayed within a computer screen. Initially, a window is provided within which only a portion of an entire document may be displayed legibly. A graphic representation of the entire document is then exhibited within the window. A portion of the graphic representation of the entire document is displayed as a human discernable representation. A remaining portion of the graphic representation of the entire document is displayed as a compressed representation of a portion of the document. The compressed representation is iconic in nature such that a representation nearest the bottom and the top of the document, and furthest away from the human discernable portion, appears as increasingly iconic characters or graphics. The graphic representation itself is composed of a lens bar that allows a user to interpret an entire document displayed within a computer screen at one time on a global scale, while providing the user with an enlarged view of a local area of interest.
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Gross Dave Henry
Kemmetmueller Robert Stephen
Alam Shahid
Fetting Anton W.
International Business Machines - Corporation
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