Patent ID: 9195321
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically suppressing pointer movements issued from an input device comprising at least one of a mouse, trackpad, and touchscreen to instead effectuate scrolling within a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising: with at least one machine that is communicably coupled to the input device, the machine, by operation of a processor: analyzing a first set of movements that are output from the input device; scrolling within the GUI according to a second set of movements that are output from the input device when the first set of movements satisfies a defined movement pattern; adjusting scrolling speed based on radii produced by the second set of movements, wherein adjusting the scrolling speed comprises increasing the scrolling speed when the radii from a first subset of the second set of movements to a later second subset of the second set of movements increases and decreasing the scrolling speed when the radii from the first subset of movements to the later second subset of movements decreases; and halting said scrolling and producing pointer movements within the GUI in response to a subset of movements from the second set of movements of the input device deviating from and not satisfying the defined movement pattern.