Patent ID: 6462752
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for facilitating display of a document to a user, the document having a plurality of portions, the method comprising the steps of;(a) setting a delay time as a parameter for control of the display; (b) commencing an automatic display of the document by displaying a first portion of the document; (c) displaying a subsequent portion of the document after expiration of the delay time, (d) iterating step (c) until the entire document has been displayed; (e) resetting the delay time, during one of steps (b), (c) and (d), thereby changing a rate at which successive portions of the document are displayed; and (f) setting a display mode as a parameter for control of the display, in accordance with an input from the user, wherein the display mode is one of paging and scrolling and wherein when the display mode is scrolling the first portion is displayed as a page of the document, and each subsequent portion is an additional line of the document.