Patent ID: 7571393
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for navigating among elements on a page of content using a handheld computing device including a display, a portion of the content being presented on the display, said method comprising the steps of: receiving an input corresponding to a navigation direction; determining an element that is radially closest to a current focus element in the navigation direction including identifying all elements in a displayed region corresponding to the navigation direction and determining a radial distance between a midpoint of each element in the region corresponding to the navigation direction and a midpoint of the current focus element; and setting the element as the next current focus element, wherein the size of the displayed region is controlled by a user; maintaining the current focus element and not displaying the current focus element on the display when receiving the navigation input if no elements are located in the displayed navigation region corresponding to the navigation direction.