Page manipulation facility
First Claim
1. A device for storing electronic information in the form of electronic documents, each document comprising one or more pages of information, each page of information having a region for displaying a title, the device comprising:
- a screen for displaying a page of an electronic document; and
a user control input facility for designating on the screen a displayed page for manipulation to change either the document of which the designated page is a part or another document, wherein upon designation of a page, the designated page display is moved across the screen so that at least a part of the region for displaying a title of the designated page is displayed until a particular manipulation of the designated page is selected, and wherein a further page may be displayed without being substantially obscured by the designated page.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to devices for displaying pages of electronically stored data, particularly handheld, pen-based devices. Each of the pages has a region for displaying a title. Users can move or copy displayed pages by pressing an off-screen button which causes the display to animate to show movement of the page so that the title of the page is shown skewed. When the user has selected a destination for the page, the buttton is again pressed to cause the page to be replaced in the selected destination. This invention provides a naturalistic way for users to move and copy pages in a personal information device and is particularly effective for maintaining two contexts on a small screen.
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13 Claims
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1. A device for storing electronic information in the form of electronic documents, each document comprising one or more pages of information, each page of information having a region for displaying a title, the device comprising:
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a screen for displaying a page of an electronic document; and a user control input facility for designating on the screen a displayed page for manipulation to change either the document of which the designated page is a part or another document, wherein upon designation of a page, the designated page display is moved across the screen so that at least a part of the region for displaying a title of the designated page is displayed until a particular manipulation of the designated page is selected, and wherein a further page may be displayed without being substantially obscured by the designated page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for storing electronic information in the form of electronic documents, each document comprising one or more pages of information, each page of information having a region for displaying a title, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a page of an electronic document on a screen; and sensing the designation of a displayed page for manipulation, wherein on designation of a page, a designated page is moved across the screen so that at least a part of the region for displaying a title is displayed until a particular manipulation of the designated page is selected, and wherein a further page may be displayed without being substantially obscured by the designated page.
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