View port array of graphic user interface components
US10078417B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2340/045
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A screen magnification software feature that listens to internal messages within an operating system and automatically detects an input control coming into focus and sets a primary magnified view port on that input control. As an end user interacts with the input control the software further listens for operating system messaging indicating a change in an output region responsive to the interaction with the input control. Upon detecting this output region change, a secondary magnified view port is displays simultaneously with the primary magnified view port on a graphic user interface, the focus staying within the primary magnified view port. The end user has magnified views of both the control she is interacting with (e.g., a virtual calculator keypad of buttons) in the primary view port and the output region (e.g., a text box showing the calculated result) in the secondary view port.
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