Streaming algorithm that populates user information from database based on scrolling activity
US7401298B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0485
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Displaying requested data from a database includes providing a display containing a scroll bar with a scroll tab therein, determining a total amount of the requested data, sizing the scroll tab in the scroll bar according to the total amount of the requested data and according to an amount of data displayable in the display, and fetching a predetermined amount of data from a first portion of the database. The predetermined amount may be independent of the size of the display. The predetermined amount may be less than the total amount of the requested data. Sizing the scroll tab may include choosing a size that indicates to a user that all of the requested data is being fetched from the database and/or may include choosing a size that is inversely proportional to the total amount of the request data in response to the total amount of the requested data being less than a predetermined value. Choosing a size may include choosing a predetermined size in response to the total amount of the requested data being greater than the predetermined value.
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