Patent ID: 7249325

Claim:
For a handheld device, a method for presenting a tab-based graphic user interface having more tabs than can fit across a screen side, said method comprising the steps of: a) displaying as many tabs on a touch sensitive display of a handheld device as can fit across a length of said screen side as on-screen tabs, said on-screen tabs arranged in a sequence on the screen side wherein each of said on-screen tabs are adapted to be selected by a user for displaying information related to a selected tab; and b) in response to the selection of a first on-screen tab by contact with said touch sensitive display, automatically scrolling said sequence of tabs such that said first on-screen tab is positioned in a designated position of said screen side and wherein off-screen and said on-screen tabs form an array, and wherein said designated position is one of a right most position of said screen side, a left most position of said screen side and a center of said screen side; c) displaying information related to said first on-screen tab; d) transforming the on-screen tab into a different shape when said on-screen tab is selected; and e) scrolling the tabs by repeatedly selecting one of the right-most tab and the left most tab on the screen.