Scrolling for multi-platforms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021216699-A1
Application number	US-202016740062-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 10, 2020
Priority date	Jan 10, 2020
Publication date	Jul 15, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

Summarizing contents displayed on a screen of a device based on scroll speed of a user to decrease eye strain of a user by providing a summarization of the content being actively scrolled.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of summarizing contents displayed on a screen of a device based on scroll speed of a user comprising the steps of:
a computer of the device detecting scrolling of content displayed on the screen of the device; the computer of the device determining a scroll speed at which content is being scrolled relative to the screen of the device; the computer of the device determining that the scroll speed exceeds a threshold scroll speed; the computer of the device, in response to determining that the scroll speed exceeds the threshold scroll speed, determining a current reading speed of the user when the content is being scrolled; the computer of the device determining content being displayed on the screen during scrolling; the computer of the device retrieving summarized content representative of the content displayed on the screen during scrolling; and the computer of the device displaying the summarized content to the user.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the content is text, images, or text and images.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to the step of the computer of the device detecting scrolling of content displayed on the screen of the device, the computer of the device determining a user's default reading speed by presenting a paragraph with a known number of words, receiving an indication of the time necessary for the user to read the paragraph and calculating words per minute for the user.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the scroll speed is determined by sensors of the device .

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the sensors are tracking a user's eye movement.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the sensors are accelerometers tracking at least one of vertical movement or horizontal movement.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold scroll speed is equal to a user's default reading speed.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold scroll speed is greater than a user's default reading speed plus a determined increment.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the summarized content is displayed over the content being scrolled by the user, masking the content being scrolled.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the summarized content is of a length to be read by the user at a user's default reading speed.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the summarized content is provided by an author of the content and stored in a repository.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the summarized content is determined through natural language processing via an application program interface.

13 . A computer program product for summarizing contents displayed on a screen of a device based on scroll speed of a user, a computer of the device comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, one or more computer readable storage media, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the computer to perform a method comprising:
detecting, by the computer, scrolling of content displayed on the screen of the device; determining, by the computer, a scroll speed at which content is being scrolled relative to the screen of the device; determining, by the computer, that the scroll speed exceeds a threshold scroll speed; in response to determining that the scroll speed exceeds the threshold scroll speed, determining, by the computer, a current reading speed of the user when the content is being scrolled; determining, by the computer, content being displayed on the screen during scrolling; retrieving, by the computer, summarized content representative of the content displayed on the screen during scrolling; and displaying, by the computer, the summarized content to the user.

14 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein prior to the program instruction of detecting, by the computer, scrolling of content displayed on the screen of the device, determining, by the computer, a user's default reading speed by presenting a paragraph with a known number of words, receiving, by the computer, an indication of the time necessary for the user to read the paragraph and calculating, by the computer, words per minute for the user.

15 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the scroll speed is determined by sensors of the device.

16 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the threshold scroll speed is equal to a user's default reading speed.

17 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the threshold scroll speed is greater than a user's default reading speed plus a determined increment.

18 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the summarized content is displayed over the content being scrolled by the user, masking the content being scrolled.

19 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the summarized content is of a length to be read by the user at a user's default reading speed.

20 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the summarized content is provided by an author of the content and stored in a repository.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Muthukesavaraj Vishnupriya
• Molapo Maletsabisa
• Zaki Enas Ahmed
• Chantz Hyman

Classifications

• G06F3/04855

  Interaction with scrollbars · CPC title

• G06F40/103 Primary

  Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents (automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191) · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F40/20

  Natural language analysis (semantic analysis of natural language G06F40/30) · CPC title