10 Inventions on scrolling and scrollbars in Graphical User Interface

Author: Umakant Mishra

Abstract:

Scrolling mechanism is used to display and edit large documents in a limited screen space or window. The scrolling mechanism may include a vertical scroll bar or a horizontal scroll bar or both to move the contents of the documents up and down or left and right. There may be navigation buttons on the screen representing the navigation keys on the keyboard. The user can click these buttons to scroll the screen.

           

There may be very different methods of scrolling such as by using the “thumb”, as popularly used with a PDF document. Scrolling may be achieved through eyeball tracking in a hands-free environment where the user does not have hands or wants to use hands for other activities. This article illustrates ten interesting inventions on scrolling selected from US patent database.

Keywords: TRIZ, Software Inventions, Graphical User Interface, Software inventions, Software Patents, Inventive Problem Solving, GUI, Scrolling, Scrollbar, Sidebars

Mishra, Umakant, 10 Inventions on Scrolling and Scrollbars in Graphical User Interface. (December 6, 2006), Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=949243

http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=949243

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.949243

http://works.bepress.com/umakant_mishra/23

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256069605_10_Inventions_on_Scrolling_and_Scrollbars_in_Graphical_User_Interface

10 Inventions on Command Buttons in a Graphical User Interface

Author: Umakant Mishra

Abstract:

A command button may contain a textual label or a graphic image or both. It may be static or animated. There can be many different features to make a command button attractive and effective. As command button is a typical GUI element, most improvement on GUI in general will also be applicable to command buttons. Besides, there are also inventions to improve various aspects of command buttons in specific. This article illustrates 10 selected inventions from US patent database. Each invention is followed by a TRIZ based analysis in brief.

Keywords: TRIZ, Software Inventions, Graphical User Interface, Software inventions, Software Patents, Inventive Problem Solving, Command buttons, push buttons, GUI, Invention, Patent,

Mishra, Umakant, 10 Inventions on Command Buttons in a Graphical User Interface. (December 6, 2006)  Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=949240

http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=949240

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.949240

http://works.bepress.com/umakant_mishra/22

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228234011_10_Inventions_on_Command_Buttons_in_a_Graphical_User_Interface