DELETING ANNOTATIONS OF PAGINATED DIGITAL CONTENT

• US 20150186350A1
• Filed: 12/31/2013
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Barnes & Noble College Booksellers LLC (Barnes & Noble Education, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Nook Digital, LLC (f/k/a Barnesandnoble.com LLC) (Bahwan CyberTek Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hicks, Kourtny M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,792,272 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

Features and techniques are disclosed for interacting with paginated digital content, including a multi-purpose tool and an annotation mode. The multi-purpose tool, which may be represented by a graphic (e.g., a movable interactive graphic), can provide access to multiple modes (e.g., copy, define, note, and/or highlight modes) that a user can invoke. The mode invoked determines the functions performed by the tool when interacting with the paginated digital content. The annotation mode, which may be invoked using the multi-purpose tool or independently thereof, can allow a user to create and edit annotations, such as highlights and notes (e.g., sticky notes, margin notes, and/or highlight notes), for paginated digital content. Editing the annotations may include selecting a desired color for the annotation, for example. The annotation mode may also allow a user to intuitively merge and delete annotations previously added to paginated digital content.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display for presenting paginated digital content to a user; and

a user interface including an annotation mode, the annotation mode allowing a user to add annotations in the form of highlights and/or notes to paginated digital content, wherein an added annotation can be deleted in response to a press-and-hold input on the annotation to be deleted followed by a flick input provided before the press-and-hold input is released.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein an annotation can be deleted by selecting a deletion graphic associated with the annotation.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the deletion graphic that can be used to delete the annotation is located on a currently selected color option from a color picker tool associated with the annotation.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein in response to a press-and-hold input on a highlight added to text within the paginated digital content, the highlight collapses into a circle, ball, teardrop shape, or upside down teardrop shape.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein in response to releasing the press-and-hold input on the highlight prior to providing a flick input to delete the highlight, the highlight expands and returns to the text it was originally associated with.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein in response to a press-and-hold input on an added note, the added note gets bigger and a translucent border appears around the note.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein in response to releasing the press-and-hold input on the note in a release location prior to providing a flick input to delete the note, the note moves to the release location.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein a deletion of an annotation can be undone using an undo input.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein the undo input includes a shake input and/or a Z-shaped gesture input.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein a dialog requesting to undo a deletion of an annotation appears in response to deleting the annotation.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein notes associated with a highlight are deleted when the highlight is deleted.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein an annotation can be deleted by selecting a deletion graphic associated with the annotation, the deletion graphic located on a currently selected color option of a color picker tool associated with the annotation.

12. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a processor;

a touch screen display for displaying paginated digital content to a user and allowing user input; and

a user interface executable by the processor and including an annotation mode, the annotation mode allowing a user to add annotations in the form of highlights and/or notes to paginated digital content, wherein an added annotation can be deleted in response to a press-and-hold input on the annotation to grab the annotation, followed by a flick input provided before the press-and-hold input is released.

14. The device of claim 12 wherein deletion of an annotation can be undone by shaking the mobile computing device.

15. The device of claim 12 wherein visual, aural, and/or tactile feedback is provided in response to the press-and-hold input performed on the annotation to indicate that the annotation has been grabbed.

16. A computer program product comprising a plurality of instructions non-transiently encoded thereon to facilitate operation of an electronic device according to the following process:

in response to a press-and-hold input performed on an annotation previously added to paginated digital content, grab the annotation, wherein the annotation is a highlight and/or a note; and

in response to a flick gesture performed on the grabbed annotation before releasing the press-and-hold input, delete the annotation.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the process is further configured to undo the deletion of the annotation in response to an undo input.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the undo input includes a shake input and/or a Z-shaped gesture input.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the process is further configured to present a dialog requesting to undo a deletion of an annotation in response to deleting the annotation.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the process is further configured to provide visual, aural, and/or tactile feedback in response to the press-and-hold input performed on the annotation to indicate that the annotation has been grabbed.