Systems, Methods, and Media for Presenting Panel-Based Electronic Documents

• US 20100318895A1
• Filed: 05/14/2010
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Steinberger, David Timothy, Najmabadi, Cyrus
• Granted Patent: US 9,886,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/02 Affine transformations for image registration G06T3/147; for image mosaicing G06T3/4038
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/145 related to small screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/34 for rolling or scrolling

Abstract

Systems, methods, and media for presenting panel-based electronic documents are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, systems for presenting panel-based electronic documents are provided, the systems comprising: at least one processor programmed to: receive an electronic document, a definition of a first panel on a page in the electronic document, and a definition of a second panel on the page in the electronic document; control a display of the first panel based on the definition of the first panel; and transition from the display of the first panel to a display of the second panel by re-scaling the display and panning from the first panel to the second panel.

Claims

1. A system for presenting panel-based electronic documents, comprising:

at least one processor programmed to;

receive an electronic document, a definition of a first panel on a page in the electronic document, and a definition of a second panel on the page in the electronic document;

control a display of the first panel based on the definition of the first panel; and

transition from the display of the first panel to a display of the second panel by re-scaling the display and panning from the first panel to the second panel.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is also programmed to display a mask in an area corresponding to an adjacent panel to the first panel when the first panel is being displayed.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the re-scaling of the display is performed at the same time as the panning from the first panel to the second panel.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the definition of the first panel is in an XML format.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the definition of the first panel is in a separate file from the electronic document.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein panning from the first panel to the second panel is performed along a line connecting the center of the first panel to the center of the second panel.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is also programmed to display a multi-panel display of the page after displaying the second panel.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first panel is defined by an origin and a size.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first panel is defined as having a mask color.

10. A method for presenting panel-based electronic documents, comprising:

receiving an electronic document, a definition of a first panel on a page in the electronic document, and a definition of a second panel on the page in the electronic document;

controlling a display of the first panel based on the definition of the first panel; and

transitioning from the display of the first panel to a display of the second panel by re-scaling the display and panning from the first panel to the second panel.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying a mask in an area corresponding to an adjacent panel to the first panel when the first panel is being displayed.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the re-scaling of the display is performed at the same time as the panning from the first panel to the second panel.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the definition of the first panel is in an XML format.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the definition of the first panel is in a separate file from the electronic document.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein panning from the first panel to the second panel is performed along a line connecting the center of the first panel to the center of the second panel.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying a multi-panel display of the page after displaying the second panel.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the first panel is defined by an origin and a size.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the first panel is defined as having a mask color.

19. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting panel based electronic documents, the method comprising:

receiving an electronic document, a definition of a first panel on a page in the electronic document, and a definition of a second panel on the page in the electronic document;

controlling a display of the first panel based on the definition of the first panel; and

transitioning from the display of the first panel to a display of the second panel by re-scaling the display and panning from the first panel to the second panel.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises displaying a mask in an area corresponding to an adjacent panel to the first panel when the first panel is being displayed.

21. The medium of claim 19, wherein the re-scaling of the display is performed at the same time as the panning from the first panel to the second panel.

22. The medium of claim 19, wherein the definition of the first panel is in an XML format.

23. The medium of claim 19, wherein the definition of the first panel is in a separate file from the electronic document.

24. The medium of claim 19, wherein panning from the first panel to the second panel is performed along a line connecting the center of the first panel to the center of the second panel.

25. The medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises displaying a multi-panel display of the page after displaying the second panel.

26. The medium of claim 19, wherein the first panel is defined by an origin and a size.

27. The medium of claim 19, wherein the first panel is defined as having a mask color.