USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING BOOKS
First Claim
1. A method for accessing books, the method comprising the following acts performed by an electronic computing device:
- displaying a band of plural adjacent tiles, wherein each tile represents one or more books;
accepting a signal from a user input device to scroll the band in a direction; and
arranging adjacent tiles based on a sorting rule, wherein the sorting rule includes arranging each tile in the band in accordance with a time of downloading and a time of use of a book associated with each tile in the band.
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Abstract
A system and method for employing a user interface to facilitate user access to books. The example method includes displaying a band of plural adjacent tiles, wherein each tile represents a book or collection of books, and wherein the band is scrollable in response to a specific user input; and arranging adjacent tiles based on a sorting rule, wherein the sorting rule includes arranging each tile according to a recency of use of a book associated with each tile. In a more specific embodiment, the method further includes displaying content associated with a book in response to user selection of a tile associated therewith, wherein the content pertains to a most recently viewed portion of the book. A menu activatable via the band may enable access to recommendations of content based on content present in the band of plural adjacent tiles; access a library of books, and so on.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for accessing books, the method comprising the following acts performed by an electronic computing device:
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displaying a band of plural adjacent tiles, wherein each tile represents one or more books; accepting a signal from a user input device to scroll the band in a direction; and arranging adjacent tiles based on a sorting rule, wherein the sorting rule includes arranging each tile in the band in accordance with a time of downloading and a time of use of a book associated with each tile in the band. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a digital processor coupled to a display and to a processor-readable storage device, wherein the processor-readable storage device includes one or more instructions executable by the digital processor to perform the following acts; displaying a band of plural adjacent tiles, wherein each tile represents one or more books; accepting a signal from a user input device to scroll the band in a direction; and arranging adjacent tiles based on a sorting rule, wherein the sorting rule includes arranging each tile in the band in accordance with a time of downloading and a time of use of a book associated with each tile in the band.
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20. A processor-readable storage device including instructions executable by a digital processor, the processor-readable storage device including one or more instructions for:
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displaying a band of plural adjacent tiles, wherein each tile represents one or more books; accepting a signal from a user input device to scroll the band in a direction; and arranging adjacent tiles based on a sorting rule, wherein the sorting rule includes arranging each tile in the band in accordance with a time of downloading and a time of use of a book associated with each tile in the band.
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