US 8219927

Patent Overview — US8219927B2

Title: Revealing of truncated content on scrollable grid
Patent number: US8219927B2 (application US12/349,388)
Original assignee: Microsoft Corp (current assignee listed as Adeia Technologies Inc)
Inventors: Kang Su Gatlin, Elyssa Cox, Rebecca Penick, Erika Carlson, Anthony Young
Priority/filing date: 2009-01-06
Grant/publication date: 2012-07-10
Also published as: US20100175023A1
Status listed: Active, adjusted expiration 2030-04-08
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US8219927](/patent/US8219927)/en

Purpose
Grids displayed on computing devices (e.g., calendars, television schedules, timelines, spreadsheets) organize content into cells. Cells may be uniform or non-uniform in size. Depending on a cell's size, a content item shown in it may be truncated. The patent addresses revealing that truncated content when the grid is scrolled.

Plain-language scope (from the supplied excerpt)
One disclosed embodiment is a computing device with a display, processor, and memory storing executable instructions to: display a cell of a content grid at a first, smaller size; display within that cell a content item truncated based on the smaller size; receive a request to scroll the grid; scroll the grid on the display device; increase the cell to a second, larger size; and animate the revealing of the truncated portion of the content item. The excerpt also notes the disclosure includes a flow diagram (FIG. 1) of "an embodiment of a method of presenting a scrollable gri[d]…" (text truncated in the excerpt).

Classifications listed: G06F3/0481, G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488, G09G5/34, G09G5/373, G09G2340/145, among others.

What the excerpt does not establish
The supplied text is expressly an excerpt with omitted content. It therefore does not establish: the full claim set or claim language; the complete written description, figures, or exact method steps; the precise intended scope of "revealing" or "animating"; any legal conclusions about validity, enforceability, or claim coverage; and any litigation, assignment, or ownership details beyond the bibliographic entries listed. The excerpt contains no prior-art discussion or references, so no prior-art analysis is possible from it. Dates are presented as the source's assumptions, not verified conclusions.