Scrolling tool for text and graphics in a display system
CA 1315893 C · Owner: Wymore, Farrell W. · Inventors: Gest, Stephen B.; Wymore, Farrell W.
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A tool for a display system comprises means for superimposing a box on a portion of a buffer of data visible on a display, said box being representative of the size and location of said visible portion with respect to the whole of said buffer. For example a, box of an appropriate size can be superimposed on a portion of a buffer of data displayed in a window at an appropriate location in the window to allow the two-dimensional extent of the visible portion of the buffer with respect to the rest of the buffer of data to be represented in an easily understood manner. The invention finds particular application as part of a scroll tool. By the provision of means for interacting with the scroll …
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- Granted April 6, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 6, 2010.
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