Snap navigation of a scrollable list

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9665263-B2
Application number	US-201414247866-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2014
Priority date	Apr 8, 2014
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing snap navigation in a scrollable list are presented. Certain items of the content items in the scrollable list may represent natural or desirable breakpoints for scrolling through the list. As a list view scrolls through the scrollable list in response to user input, the list view may suspend scrolling when it reaches a breakpoint content item. In some embodiments, a computing device may determine that a given content item represents a breakpoint in the scrollable list based on a breakpoint rule. The breakpoint rule may be based on any suitable criteria for identifying the content item as a breakpoint for scrolling the list. For example, the breakpoint rule may be based on the content of the content item or a category of the content item.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
generating, by a computing device, a user interface presenting a list view of a scrollable list that includes a plurality of content items, the list view including a first portion of the plurality of content items, and the scrollable list being divided into a plurality of segments,
wherein each segment of the plurality of segments corresponds to a respective time period and the scrollable list is divided into the plurality of segments based on a date or time associated with each of the plurality of content items, and
wherein the list view is presented in a first region of the user interface and an index generated based on the plurality of content items of the scrollable list is presented in a second region of the user interface;

receiving, by the computing device, user input corresponding to a first scroll command;
based on the first scroll command, presenting, by the computing device, scrolling activity in the list view in the first region of the user interface by updating the list view in the first region of the user interface to scroll through the plurality of content items, thereby including a first additional content item of the plurality of content items in the list view;
updating, by the computing device, a user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index in the second region of the user interface based on the scrolling activity in the list view in the first region of the user interface, wherein updating the user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index in the second region of the user interface based on the scrolling activity in the list view in the first region of the user interface comprises updating the user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index in the second region of the user interface to indicate a date associated with a segment of the plurality of segments being presented in the list view in the first region of the user interface as a result of the scrolling activity in the list view in the first region of the user interface;
determining, by the computing device, whether the first additional content item satisfies a breakpoint rule based on determining whether the first additional content item is a beginning item or an end item of a segment of the plurality of segments; and
when it is determined that the first additional content item satisfies the breakpoint rule, suspending further updates that are based on the first scroll command,
wherein the scrollable list includes a second additional content item following the first additional content item in a direction associated with the first scroll command.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
when it is determined that the first additional content item does not satisfy the breakpoint rule, updating the list view to continue scrolling through the plurality of content items, thereby including the second additional content item of the plurality of content items in the list view.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein suspending further updates based on the first scroll command comprises terminating the scrolling through the plurality of content items after the first additional content item is included in the list view.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein suspending further updates based on the first scroll command comprises updating, by the computing device, the list view to:
scroll past the first additional content item;
present at least a portion of the second additional content item of the plurality of content items; and
after presenting the portion of the second additional content item, cause the second additional content item to be automatically hidden by scrolling back to the first additional content item.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving, by the computing device, user input corresponding to a second scroll command after suspending further updates based on the first scroll command and while the first additional content item is included in the list view; and
based on the second scroll command, updating, by the computing device, the list view to continue scrolling through the plurality of content items, thereby including the second additional content item of the plurality of content items in the list view,
wherein the second additional content item is adjacent to the first additional content item in the scrollable list.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the breakpoint rule comprises a predefined value rule, and determining whether the first additional content item satisfies the breakpoint rule comprises determining whether a value associated with the first additional content item matches a predefined value or range of values.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving, by the computing device, user input selecting the user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index; and
based on the user input selecting the user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index, updating, by the computing device, the user interface to present a second portion of the plurality of content items,
wherein the second portion of the plurality of content items is determined based on a date corresponding to the user input selecting the user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface further presents a user-selectable grouping control that is configured to allow a user of the computing device to group content items included in the scrollable list by day, week, or month.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving, by the computing device, user input selecting a particular date in the user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index; and
in response to receiving the user input selecting the particular date in the user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index, causing, by the computing device, the list view to jump in the scrollable list to a portion of the scrollable list associated with one or more events occurring on the particular date.

10. A system comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
generate a user interface presenting a list view of a scrollable list that includes a plurality of content items, the list view including a first portion of the plurality of content items, and the scrollable list being divided into a plurality of segments,
wherein each segment of the plurality of segments corresponds to a respective time period and the scrollable list is divided into the plurality of segments based on a date or time associated with each of the plurality of content items, and
wherein the list view is presented in a first region of the user interface and an index generated based on the plurality of content items of the scrollable list is presented in a second region of the user interface;

receive user input corresponding to a first scroll command;
based on the first scroll command, present scrolling activity in the list view in the first region of the user interface by updating the list view in the first region of the user interface to scroll through the plurality of content items, thereby including a first additional content item of the plurality of content items in the list view;
update a user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index in the second region of the user interface based on the scrolling activity in the list view in the first region of the user interface, wherein updating the user-selectable calendar date picker presented on the index in the second region of the user interface based on the scrolling activity in the list view in the first region of the user interface comprises updating the user-selectable calendar dat

Assignees

• Citrix Systems Inc

Inventors

• Penha Priscila K
• Nash Kelly May
• Sakurai Daisuke
• Yeh Shih-Hao

Classifications

• G06F3/0485 Primary

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title