Patent ID: 9747010
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented process for comparing select portions of one or more source files, the process comprising using at least one processor: in response to receiving a first type of user input identifying a first selected visual content area in a current display view rendered on a display associated with a user device, generating a first boundary defining a first content region including visual content identified by the first selected visual content area; in response to receiving the first type of user input identifying a second selected visual content area in the same or another display view currently rendered on the display, generating a second boundary defining a second content region including visual content identified by the second selected visual content area; in response to receiving a second type of user input, bringing the first and second content regions together on the display, including displaying the first and second content regions approaching one another and sliding relative to one another to final positions for visual comparison by a user according to relative shapes of the first and second content regions, a current display size of the display and a current display orientation of the display; after generating the first boundary defining the first content region, in response to a user navigating content presented in the display of a source file to a location which does not include the first content region, selectively displaying a region identifier that indicates the relative positioning of the first content region; after generating the second boundary defining the second content region in the same source file when the content presented in the display of the source file does not include the first content region, continuing display of the region identifier to notify the user that there is another region currently not displayed which may be compared to the second content region; and in response to receiving the second type of user input relative to the displayed second boundary and the displayed region identifier, bringing the first and second content regions together on the display, including displaying the first and second content regions approaching one another and sliding relative to one another to final positions for visual comparison by the user according to relative shapes of the first and second content regions, the current display size of the display and the current display orientation of the display.