Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-10-30
1999-08-24
Powell, Mark R.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707514, G06F 1700
Patent
active
059436794
ABSTRACT:
A document display system arranges images of a document ordered in a linear array of pages on a display screen. One page of the document is defined as a focus page which is displayed at the center of the display screen. Images of pages preceding the focus page in the linear array of pages are presented to a user using a first recursive block that is located to the left of the focus page on the display screen. Images of pages following the focus page in the linear array of pages are presented to a user using a second recursive block that is located to the right of the focus page on the display screen. Each recursive block is initially filled with images that are arranged proximate to the focus page in the array of pages. This arrangement of the pages of a document on the display screen provides a context within which to view the selected focus page of a document. In addition, this arrangement of pages provides a method for traversing pages of a document to enable a user to quickly locate and bring a certain page into focus. A user traverses pages of the document by selecting one of the displayed pages on the display screen to be a new focus page. In response to the selection of a new focus page, the document display system locates the new focus page in the linear array of pages, and brings the new focus page to the center of the display while shuffling the other pages of the document to predefined sizes and locations.
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Bloomberg Dan S.
Niles Leslie T.
Powell Mark R.
Rossi Jeffrey Allen
Xerox Corporation
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