Patent ID: 9471549
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: retrieving a character string; determining whether truncation is needed in order to display the character string on an output display; generating a first truncated representation of the character string when the character string extends beyond a width of the output display; displaying the first truncated representation on the output display, wherein the first truncated representation includes a truncation symbol at a first location to omit a first portion of the character string; receiving a signal corresponding to the truncation symbol at the first location; sensing a change in the signal to a second location of the character string that corresponds to a second portion of the character string, wherein the second location is dynamically adjustable to any portion of the character string; and in response to sensing the change in the signal to the second location, moving the truncation symbol to the second location to display a second truncated representation of the character string on the output display, wherein the second truncated representation includes (1) the truncation symbol used to omit the second portion of the character string, and (2) the first portion of the character string that was previously omitted.