User Interface for Dynamic Presentation Text

Abstract

An apparatus, method and article of manufacture of the present invention provide improved rate of text presentation to a reader. The invention provides a method for defining a region of the display at which text is preferably read, and further provides a user interface for adjusting the speed of text display according to a screen location corresponding to that at which text is being read at any time.

1 . A method of using a computer to set a rate of text presentation on a display, the method comprising:
 (a) determining, by the computer, a location of a cursor;   (b) defining, by the computer, a first region of the display as a neutral zone based at least in part on the location of the cursor;   (c) defining, by the computer, a second region of the display as an acceleration zone, wherein the rate of the text presentation increases when the cursor is located in the acceleration zone; and   (d) defining, by the computer, a third region of the display as a deceleration zone, wherein the rate of the text presentation decreases when the cursor is located in the deceleration zone.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the change in the rate of the text presentation is based on a mathematical function reflective of the distance between the location of the cursor and the neutral zone. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the neutral zone comprises a region of the display where text is likely to be read. 
   
   
       4 . A method of using a computer to set a rate of text presentation on a display, the method comprising:
 (a) determining, by the computer, a location of a cursor;   (b) designating, by the computer, based in part on the location of the cursor, a first region of the display, a second region of the display, and a third region of the display;   (c) increasing, by the computer, the rate of the text presentation when the cursor is located in the first region of the display;   (d) decreasing, by the computer, the rate of the text presentation when the cursor is located in the second region of the display; and   (e) maintaining, by the computer, the rate of the text presentation, when the cursor is located in the third region of the display.   
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the change in the rate of the text presentation is based on a mathematical function reflective of the distance between the location of the cursor and the third region of the display. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the third region comprises a region of the display where text is likely to be read.