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Microsoft's '666 patent

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

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Claim 1 of US 7,415,666 states:

In a computing environment, a method comprising:

displaying at least one page of a document that has multiple pages, at least one of the multiple pages, and the displayed at least one page including a first page displayed beginning at a starting point offset from a top of the document and from a top of the first page;

calculating a height of at least the first page;

calculating a row offset of the starting point of the first page;

calculating a vertical offset at the starting point of the first page, wherein the vertical offset is calculated according to a formula of the form {[(p-1)/c]h}+r, where p is equal to the number of pages in the document, c is equal to the number of columns of the document which are simultaneously displayed, h is equal to the height of at least the first page, and r is equal to the row offset of the starting point of the first page;

receiving a command indicative of a whole page-based incremental scroll request related to changing first content currently being displayed in the at least one page;

determining a whole-page increment for scrolling from first content to second content, wherein determining the whole-page increment includes calculating a vertical offset at a second starting point in the document, the vertical offset being calculated according to the formula V.sub.1.+-.(cr), where V.sub.1 is the vertical offset at the starting point of the first page; and

changing the display to display second content, by replacing the at least one page of the document with at least one other page, the display of the at least one other page beginning at the second starting point.

Full post as published by IPBiz on September 01, 2008 (boomark / email).

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