SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF GENERATING DOG EAR BOOKMARKS ON A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE

• US 20120159373A1
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: ARCHER, Don, YANAMANDRA, Anil Kumar
• Application Number:
  US12/968,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20120159373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A system for and method of generating dog ear bookmarks on a touch screen device. The system and method may include receiving, on a touch screen device, input data from a user of the touch screen device, determining whether a dog ear event has occurred based on the input data, and generating, on the touch screen device, a graphical representation of a dog ear bookmark based on a determination that the dog ear event has occurred.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a user input computing apparatus configured to receive, on a touch screen device, input data from a user of the touch screen device;

a dog ear event detection computing apparatus configured to determine whether a dog ear event has occurred based on the input data; and

an output computing apparatus configured to generate, on the touch screen device, a graphical representation of a dog ear bookmark based on a determination that the dog ear event has occurred.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the touch screen device comprises an electronic reader device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the output computing apparatus is further configured to display, on the touch screen device, an electronic page of an electronic book.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the dog ear event detection computing apparatus is further configured to determine whether a dog ear event has occurred by calculating a current pressure based on the input data.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the dog ear event detection computing apparatus is further configured to determine whether a dog ear event has occurred by determining whether the current pressure exceeds a threshold.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the dog ear event detection computing apparatus is further configured to determine whether a dog ear event has occurred by calculating an average pressure.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the dog ear event detection computing apparatus is further configured to determine whether a dog ear event has occurred by determining whether a dog ear bookmark gesture was made based on the input data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the output computing apparatus is further configured to output, from the touch screen device, a sound based on the determination that the dog ear event has occurred.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the output computing apparatus is further configured to output, from the touch screen device, a vibration based on the determination that the dog ear event has occurred.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving, on a touch screen device, input data from a user of the touch screen device;

determining whether a dog ear event has occurred based on the input data; and

generating, on the touch screen device, a graphical representation of a dog ear bookmark based on a determination that the dog ear event has occurred.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the touch screen device comprises an electronic reader device.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying, on the touch screen device, an electronic page of an electronic book.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether a dog ear event has occurred further comprises calculating a current pressure based on the input data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein determining whether a dog ear event has occurred further comprises determining whether the current pressure exceeds a threshold.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether a dog ear event has occurred further comprises calculating an average pressure.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether a dog ear event has occurred further comprises determining whether a dog ear bookmark gesture was made based on the input data.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising outputting, from the touch screen device, a sound based on the determination that the dog ear event has occurred.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising outputting, from the touch screen device, a vibration based on the determination that the dog ear event has occurred.

19. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing dog ear bookmark information based on the determination that the dog ear event has occurred.

20. A computer readable media comprising code to perform the acts of the method of claim 10.