Intelligent Scrolling In Digital Publications

• US 20140245221A1
• Filed: 02/25/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Dougherty, Casey Maureen, Wood, Policarpo B., Howarth, Kyle T.
• Application Number:
  US13/776,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20140245221A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/787
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

Processing an electronic publication containing content having two different scrolling directions so that the content can be presented to the user through an intelligent unidirectional scrolling function that prevents fragments of sentences from being displayed. Processing can include paginating or generating a scrollable table for portions of the electronic publication that do not match a first text direction.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

detecting that a portion of an electronic publication is associated with a first scroll direction different than a second scroll direction of the electronic publication; and

generating a scrollable table containing the portion of the electronic publication that is associated with the first scroll direction different than the second scroll direction, the scrollable table being configured to navigate through the portion in the preferred scroll direction, whereby the scrollable table is presented in place of the portion of content during presentation of the electronic publication on a client device.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the electronic publication is detected in real time while another portion of the electronic publication is being presented on a client device.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the scrollable table includes one or more icons to navigate the portion of the electronic publication.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the scrollable table is configured to receive a touch gesture to scroll in the first scroll direction.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the scrollable table snaps to a display area of a client device when scrolling stops within the portion of the electronic publication.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating the scrollable portion includes reformatting the portion according to a display area of a client device.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the portion exceeds an amount of content that can be presented on a display area of the client device.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions therein, which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

detecting that a portion of an electronic publication is associated with a first scroll direction different than a second scroll direction of the electronic publication; and

generating a scrollable table containing the portion of the electronic publication that is associated with the first scroll direction different than the second scroll direction, the scrollable table being configured to navigate through the portion in the first scroll direction, whereby the scrollable table is presented in place of the portion of content during presentation of the electronic publication on a client device.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the portion of the electronic publication is detected in real time while another portion of the electronic publication is being presented on a client device.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the scrollable table includes one or more icons to navigate the portion of the electronic publication.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the scrollable table is configured to receive a touch gesture to scroll in the first scroll direction.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the scrollable table snaps to a display area of a client device when scrolling stops within the portion of the electronic publication.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein generating the scrollable portion includes reformatting the portion according to a display area of a client device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that the portion exceeds an amount of content that can be presented on a display area of the client device.

15. A computer implemented method comprising:

detecting that a portion of an electronic publication is associated with a first scroll direction different than a second scroll direction of the electronic publication;

determining whether the portion can be presented on a display area of a client device; and

paginating the portion based on the determination, the paginated portion being configured to scroll in the second scroll direction.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 15, wherein the portion of the electronic publication is detected in real time while another portion of the electronic publication is being presented on a client device.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 15, wherein paginating the portion includes generating one or more pages of content from the portion according to the resolution of the display area of the client device.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 17, wherein the one or more pages are configured to snap to the display area when scrolling stops with a majority of a page being presented on the display area.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions therein, which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

detecting that a portion of an electronic publication is associated with a first scroll direction different than a second scroll direction of the electronic publication;

determining whether the portion can be presented on a display area of a client device; and

paginating the portion based on the determination, the paginated portion being configured to scroll in the second scroll direction.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the portion of the electronic publication is detected in real time while another portion of the electronic publication is being presented on a client device.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein paginating the portion includes generating one or more pages of content from the portion according to the resolution of the display area of the client device.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the one or more pages are configured to snap to the display area when scrolling stops with a majority of a page being presented on the display area.