System and method for demarcating a location on a display screen during a scrolling or touch/flicking content moving operation

摘要

A display unit enables content to be displayed in a human readable form. The display unit displays a portion of the content to be displayed wherein some of the content to be displayed is non-viewable on the display unit. The display unit, in response to a user-originating directional content moving action, determines a location within the portion of the content being displayed the determined location corresponding to a directional characteristic of the user-originating directional content moving action. The display unit causes a visual indicia to be displayed at the determined location within the portion of the content being displayed, the visual indicia providing a user orientation marker for the portion of the content being displayed. The display unit causes the visual indicia to visually move in a direction corresponding to the directional movement of the content.

主权项

1. An apparatus for presenting electronic content in a human readable form, comprising:
a display unit for enabling content to be displayed in a human readable form; said display unit including a display screen for displaying the content to be displayed; said display screen displaying a portion of the content to be displayed such that some of the content to be displayed is non-viewable on said display screen; said display unit, in response to a user-originating directional content moving action, determining a location within the portion of the content being displayed on said display screen, the determined location corresponding to a directional characteristic of said user-originating directional content moving action, said user-originating directional content moving action causing the content being displayed on said display screen to move in a directional manner corresponding to a same direction of the directional characteristic of said user-originating directional content moving action; said display unit, in response to said user-originating directional content moving action, causing a non-user-activatable visual indicia to be displayed at the determined location within the portion of the content being displayed on said display screen, the non-user-activatable visual indicia providing a user orientation marker for the portion of the content being displayed on said display screen, the user orientation marker enabling identification of an end, with respect to a directional movement of the content being displayed on said display screen, of the content being displayed on said display screen; said display unit, in response to said user-originating directional content moving action, causing the non-user-activatable visual indicia to visually move on said display screen in a directional manner corresponding to an opposite direction of the directional movement of the content.