Patent ID: 7818669

Claim:
A scrolling facility for moving information displayed in a display area of a monitor, the facility comprising: a processor; a recognition means that executes on the processor to identify a higher-ranking element in the displayed information; an assigning means that executes on the processor to assign subordinate elements to the higher-ranking element; a scrolling means that executes on the processor to scroll the higher-ranking element and the subordinate elements; a fixing means that executes on the processor to fix the position of the scrolled higher-ranking element within the display area, wherein the scrolled higher-ranking element remains fixed while at least one of the subordinate elements assigned to the scrolled higher-ranking element is visible in the display area, such that the scrolled higher-ranking element is fixed and visible within the display area while the at least one subordinate element moves in and out of the visible area during scrolling, wherein, once all of the subordinate elements are moved out of the visible area during scrolling, the scrolled higher-ranking element disappears.