Tool set for navigating through an electronic book
First Claim
1. A method of controlling the display of an electronic book on a display screen of a hand-held stylus-based computer having a processor connected to the display screen, a memory connected to the processor, one or more buttons, and a stylus, the method comprising:
- opening a book package which contains the electronic book and which resides, at least in part, in the memory of the computer;
displaying a view of a current page of the electronic book on the display screen, the view including at least one navigation button;
displaying a navigation dialog box on the display screen when the navigation button is selected by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, the navigation dialog box having at least a bookmark button and a return to menu button;
placing a bookmark at a preselected page when the bookmark button is selected by interaction of the stylus with the display screen; and
displaying a menu page in the electronic book when the return to menu button is selected by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, the menu page listing one or more destinations within the electronic book which can be reached by selecting a corresponding destination from the menu page.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for controlling a screen display of an electronic book. The contents of the book are displayed on a screen of the computer system as pages with which the user interacts by a pointer such as a pen or stylus. The navigational tool set performs various functions including one or more of the following: (1) creating page displays for content of the book, (2) providing a navigation interface for identifying material in the book and moving to desired locations, (3) finding character strings located within the book, and (4) accepting handwritten information on pages of the book. The electronic book includes a “bookmark” button which when selected displays a bookmark icon and inserts a bookmark in the book at the page that is currently displayed. Thereafter the user can close the book or move to another page and automatically return to the marked page by selecting the bookmark icon. The user can also move to other pages by scrolling with scroll keys or other navigational devices such as tables of contents browsers and menu pages which are provided on the computer system.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of controlling the display of an electronic book on a display screen of a hand-held stylus-based computer having a processor connected to the display screen, a memory connected to the processor, one or more buttons, and a stylus, the method comprising:
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opening a book package which contains the electronic book and which resides, at least in part, in the memory of the computer;
displaying a view of a current page of the electronic book on the display screen, the view including at least one navigation button;
displaying a navigation dialog box on the display screen when the navigation button is selected by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, the navigation dialog box having at least a bookmark button and a return to menu button;
placing a bookmark at a preselected page when the bookmark button is selected by interaction of the stylus with the display screen; and
displaying a menu page in the electronic book when the return to menu button is selected by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, the menu page listing one or more destinations within the electronic book which can be reached by selecting a corresponding destination from the menu page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of apprising a user of his or her relative current location in an electronic book and of controlling the screen display of the electronic book on a hand-held stylus-based computer having a processor, a display screen connected to the processor, a memory connected to the processor, a stylus, and one or more buttons including a browser button and a scroll button, the method comprising:
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displaying a view of a current page of the book on the display screen;
displaying a browser on the display screen when the browser button is selected by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, the browser listing a plurality of subjects contained in the book, the browser also indicating in which of said subjects the current page resides; and
updating the current page displayed when a new subject is selected from the browser by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, the current page being the first page on which said new subject appears. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A stylus-based hand-held computer system allowing a user to access an electronic book, the computer system comprising:
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processing means;
memory means coupled to said processing means;
display means coupled to said processing means, the display means being sensitive to the position of a stylus;
contents of the electronic book residing, at least in part, in the memory means, the contents being organized into a plurality of pages;
means for specifying one of said plurality of pages as a current page, the current page being displayed on the display means;
means for marking one or more of the pages in the book by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, those pages that have been marked having associated bookmark buttons displayed in a navigation dialog box appearing on the display means when a navigation button is selected;
navigation means for changing the current page to a marked page displaying it when a bookmark button associated with the marked page is selected from the navigation dialog box by interaction of the stylus with the display screen; and
wherein the bookmark buttons are represented in the navigation dialog box as miniature copies of the pages with which they are associated.
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22. A stylus-based hand-held computer system allowing a user to access an electronic book, the computer system comprising:
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processing means;
memory means coupled to said processing means;
display means coupled to said processing means, the display means being sensitive to the position of a stylus;
contents of the electronic book residing, at least in part, in the memory means, the contents being organized into a plurality of pages;
means for specifying one of said plurality of pages as a current page, the current page being displayed on the display means;
means for marking one or more of the pages in the book by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, those pages that have been marked having associated bookmark buttons displayed in a navigation dialog box appearing on the display means when a navigation button is selected;
navigation means for changing the current page to a marked page displaying it when a bookmark button associated with the marked page is selected from the navigation dialog box by interaction of the stylus with the display screen; and
wherein the navigation dialog box includes a button which when selected changes the current page to the page that had most recently been displayed before the current page.
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23. A stylus-based hand-held computer system allowing a user to access an electronic book, the computer system comprising:
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processing means;
memory means coupled to said processing means;
display means coupled to said processing means, the display means being sensitive to the position of a stylus;
contents of the electronic book residing, at least in part, in the memory means, the contents being organized into a plurality of pages;
means for specifying one of said plurality of pages as a current page, the current page being displayed on the display means;
means for marking one or more of the pages in the book by interaction of the stylus with the display screen, those pages that have been marked having associated bookmark buttons displayed in a navigation dialog box appearing on the display means when a navigation button is selected;
navigation means for changing the current page to a marked page displaying it when a bookmark button associated with the marked page is selected from the navigation dialog box by interaction of the stylus with the display screen; and
wherein the contents of the electronic book include one or more menu pages which provide navigational assistance within the electronic book, the menu page immediately preceding the current page becoming the current page when a menu page button in the navigation dialog box is selected, and wherein each menu page lists one or more destinations within the electronic book which can be reached by selecting a corresponding destination from the menu page.
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