Apparatus and Method for Digital Content Navigation

• US 20110296344A1
• Filed: 05/26/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kno Incorporated (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Chambers, Paul S., Rao, Mohnish, Rashid, Osman, Habib, Babur, Sydeman, Ann, Hochberg, Bradley S., Robinson, Kyrie
• Granted Patent: US 9,037,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An electronic device includes a processor, a memory for storing digital content and a display. The processor forms a content navigation bar for the digital content. The content navigation bar is rendered on the display and includes a first section marker corresponding to a first section of the digital content. A set of page markers corresponds to pages within the first section of the digital content. The set of page markers includes a boundary page marker. A second section marker is adjacent to the boundary page marker.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing digital content; and

a display, wherein the processor forms a content navigation bar for the digital content, wherein the content navigation bar is rendered on the display and includes;

a first section marker corresponding to a first section of the digital content,

a plurality of page markers corresponding to pages within the first section of the digital content, wherein the plurality of page markers includes a boundary page marker, and

a second section marker adjacent to the boundary page marker.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the content navigation bar includes a third section marker adjacent to the second section marker.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein a page corresponding to a selected page marker of the plurality of page markers is rendered on the display.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 wherein the selected page marker is in visual contrast to the remaining page markers of the plurality of page markers.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the content navigation bar is responsive to input gestures applied to the display.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein a selected page is rendered in response to a gesture applied to a selected page marker.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 wherein the content navigation bar is updated in response to the selected page.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the content navigation bar is rendered on a first touch screen and a second touch screen.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 wherein the content navigation bar is divided into identical segments with a first segment rendered on the first touch screen and a second segment rendered on the second touch screen.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein a page marker includes a page distinguishing feature.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a thumbnail panel displaying pages of a selected section.

20. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising a thumbnail panel displaying pages of a selected section.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing digital content;

a first touch screen display; and

a second touch screen display, wherein the processor forms a content navigation bar for the digital content, wherein the content navigation bar is rendered on the first touch screen display and the second touch screen display and includes;

a first section marker corresponding to a first section of the digital content,

a plurality of page markers corresponding to pages within the first section of digital content, wherein the first section marker, the plurality of page markers and a first selected page are rendered on the first touch screen display, and the first section marker, the plurality of page markers and a second selected page are rendered on the second touch screen display.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 wherein the first selected page corresponds to a first selected page marker of the plurality of page markers and the second selected page corresponds to a second selected page marker of the plurality of page markers.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 wherein the first selected page marker and the second selected page maker are in visual contrast to the remaining page markers of the plurality of page markers.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 wherein the content navigation bar is responsive to input gestures applied to the first touch screen display and the second touch screen display.

16. The electronic device of claim 12 wherein the content navigation bar is updated in response to a selected page.

17. The electronic device of claim 12 wherein the content navigation bar is divided into identical segments with a first segment rendered on the first touch screen and a second segment rendered on the second touch screen.

18. The electronic device of claim 12 wherein a page marker includes a page distinguishing feature.

19. The electronic device of claim 12 wherein the second designated page is held by a first gesture applied to the second touch screen display while different designated pages are browsed by a second gesture applied to the first touch screen display.