Graphical device for comprehensive viewing and input of variable data via a browser-based display
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1. A data input method comprising:
- in a mark-up language-based browser in a user'"'"'s computer, generating and displaying on a display screen a graphical input device, the graphical input device being associated with an input parameter and having a displayed data entry field of a first display width;
associating a current set of user-selectable choices with the graphical input device, each user-selectable choice having at least one pair of information fields separated by a delimiter and each information field comprising sequentially ordered characters;
sensing user selection of the graphical input device;
upon sensing user selection of the graphical input device, displaying on the screen a list of the user-selectable choices, the list having a second display width;
by executing a script locally, within the user'"'"'s computer, automatically and dynamically determining a minimum display width necessary to make visible a widest one of the user-selectable choices and automatically setting the second display width to be at least as great as the minimum display width, whereby the second display width is a function of the choices in the current set and is expandable relative to the first display width;
associating with the graphical input device at least one acceptance action;
sensing user entry of a character sequence comprising at least one character;
sequentially and character-by-character searching of at least an initial information field for each of the user-selectable choices according to each user-entered character;
for each character sequence of at least one user-entered character that matches a corresponding character sequence in the initial information field of at least one user-selectable choice, highlighting at least one of the matching choices for the user;
if no initial information field of the user-selectable choices has a character sequence matching the user-entered character sequence, highlighting for the user at least One user-selectable choice in a different information field whose initial characters match the user-entered character sequence; and
upon sensing any acceptance action by the user, setting the input parameter of the graphical input device to the currently highlighted user-selectable choice.
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Abstract
A graphical input device, preferably in a browser-based display, resembles a pull-down menu, with a displayed data entry field. The set of possible entries to be displayed along with the graphical input device varies depending on the user. The minimum display width needed for full-width display of the entries is evaluated by scripting and the actual display of the set is generated accordingly. The drop-down list and its listed entries may be wider than the data entry field. The user can thus view and select customized possible entries that cannot fit within the displayed data entry field. According to another aspect of the preferred embodiment of the invention, when the user is making selections from the drop-down list, multiple keyboard entries can be used to cause rapid scrolling to entries that match not only the first character entered, but also to entries whose first n characters match n characters entered while viewing the list. For hierarchically structured and itemized entry lists, matching is preferably performed first to the right of at least one delimiter. The various novel aspects of the invention are implemented using scripting embedded within HTML code so that they are available to users who are browsing web content.
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1. A data input method comprising:
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in a mark-up language-based browser in a user'"'"'s computer, generating and displaying on a display screen a graphical input device, the graphical input device being associated with an input parameter and having a displayed data entry field of a first display width; associating a current set of user-selectable choices with the graphical input device, each user-selectable choice having at least one pair of information fields separated by a delimiter and each information field comprising sequentially ordered characters; sensing user selection of the graphical input device; upon sensing user selection of the graphical input device, displaying on the screen a list of the user-selectable choices, the list having a second display width; by executing a script locally, within the user'"'"'s computer, automatically and dynamically determining a minimum display width necessary to make visible a widest one of the user-selectable choices and automatically setting the second display width to be at least as great as the minimum display width, whereby the second display width is a function of the choices in the current set and is expandable relative to the first display width; associating with the graphical input device at least one acceptance action; sensing user entry of a character sequence comprising at least one character; sequentially and character-by-character searching of at least an initial information field for each of the user-selectable choices according to each user-entered character; for each character sequence of at least one user-entered character that matches a corresponding character sequence in the initial information field of at least one user-selectable choice, highlighting at least one of the matching choices for the user; if no initial information field of the user-selectable choices has a character sequence matching the user-entered character sequence, highlighting for the user at least One user-selectable choice in a different information field whose initial characters match the user-entered character sequence; and upon sensing any acceptance action by the user, setting the input parameter of the graphical input device to the currently highlighted user-selectable choice. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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Current AssigneeInterface IP Holdings LLC
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Original AssigneeCall-Tell LLC
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InventorsCaldwell, Byron G., Johnson, Bruce, Treibach-Heck, Varda
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Primary Examiner(s)Huynh, Ba
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Assistant Examiner(s)TRAN, MYLINH T
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Application NumberUS10/080,472Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,607 DaysField of Search345/689, 345/780, 345/843, 345/739, 345/783, 345/553US Class Current715/780CPC Class CodesG06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of s...
