Patent ID: 6219052
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a computerized system having a computer, storage means for information represented by a sequence of displayable objects, a display for displaying such objects, and a user control device for said computer having means for accessing the storage means and for causing the display to display certain of the objects under control of the control device, the improvement comprising:a) first means in computer for displaying alongside the displayed objects a scroll bar as part of the control device,b) second means in the computer responsive to the user control device for selectively marking on the scroll bar an area corresponding to a first segment of the objects displayed for future retrieval or emphasis; andc) third means connected to the second means for transforming the object display into shrunken and non-shrunken segments corresponding to the marked areas and for causing a corresponding change in the appearance of those scroll bar portions located opposite the marked objects.