公开(公告)号：CA2326708C

公开(公告)日：2012-05-01

申请号：CA2326708

申请日：2000-11-23

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BATES CARY L ,  DAY PAUL R ,  SANTOSUOSSO JOHN M

IPC: H04N21/472 ,  G06F3/048 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/482

Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method dynamically adjust the scroll rate used to scroll through the program information for various television programs available to a television viewer to provide a variable rate of scroll for program information presented to the television viewer. The scroll rate may be varied, for example, to emphasize certain program information relative to other program information, e.g., by slowing down the scroll rate to increase the visibility for important program information and speeding up the scroll rate to decrease the visibility of less important program information. Dynamic scroll rate adjustment may be utilized in a number of situations, including in connection with non-interactive electronic program listings, interactive electronic program guides, and electronic overlays, among others. Furthermore, dynamic scroll rate adjustment may be based upon a number of different characteristics of the television programs associated with the displayed program information, including for example, the frequency of access of different television programs, or sponsorship of certain television programs.

公开(公告)号：CA2326708A1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-11

申请号：CA2326708

申请日：2000-11-23

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： DAY PAUL R ,  BATES CARY L ,  SANTOSUOSSO JOHN MATTHEW

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/47

Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method dynamically adjust the scroll rate used to scroll through the program information for various television programs available to a television viewer to provide a variable rate of scroll for program information presented to the television viewer. The scroll rate may be varied, for example, to emphasize certain program information relative to other program information, e.g., by slowing down the scroll rate to increase the visibility for important program information and speeding up the scroll rate to decrease the visibili ty of less important program information. Dynamic scroll rate adjustment may be utilized in a number of situations, including in connection with non-interactive electronic program listings, interactive electronic program guides, and electronic overlays, among others. Furthermore, dynamic scroll rate adjustment may be based upon a number of different characteristics of the television programs associated with the displayed program information, including for example, the frequency of access of different television programs, or sponsorship of certain television programs.

公开(公告)号：CA2305123A1

公开(公告)日：2001-03-27

申请号：CA2305123

申请日：2000-04-12

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BATES CARY L ,  DAY PAUL R

IPC: G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/27 ,  G06F40/189 ,  G06F17/25

Abstract: An apparatus and method improve the readability of text on a computer system by changing the positioning of one or more words to eliminate potential problems in readability that can be identified by examining the text. When a potential problem is identified, th e word to word positioning of text may be adjusted to compress one or more lines and/or to expand one or more lines to move one or more words to a different line. For example, if two adjacent lines begin with the same word, the first line could be compressed so the first word of the secon d line is moved to the end of the first line. In the alternative, the first line could be expanded so the last word of the first line is moved to the first word of the second line. By selectively changing the positioning of words, the readability of the text may be greatly improved.