Page bar control
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- opening a plurality of electronic documents;
rendering a content display including at least a portion of a current page of one of the plurality of documents; and
rendering a page bar control element that provides a visual representation of the plurality of documents, wherein the visual representation includes a plurality of markers, wherein;
(a) each of the plurality of documents is represented by at least one marker, (b) each marker represents one or more pages of the document in which it is located, and (c) each document including a plurality of pages is represented on the page bar control element by plural markers.
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Abstract
Graphical user interfaces for computer display devices include a page bar control element that allows a user to easily and quickly navigate among the pages of a multiple page electronic document and/or among the pages of a plurality of electronic documents. In some examples, the page bar control element displayed on the computer system provides a visual representation of a multiple pages of the document(s), wherein the visual representation includes several tabs or markers, each marker representing one or more pages of the document(s). In some examples, the markers are rendered in colors that enable quick identification of the current page and/or the page being viewed as well as pages viewed in a riffling action. The page bar control element also may include a visual “flag” that helps users quickly located text that they have previously flagged or that the system has automatically flagged for them.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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opening a plurality of electronic documents; rendering a content display including at least a portion of a current page of one of the plurality of documents; and rendering a page bar control element that provides a visual representation of the plurality of documents, wherein the visual representation includes a plurality of markers, wherein;
(a) each of the plurality of documents is represented by at least one marker, (b) each marker represents one or more pages of the document in which it is located, and (c) each document including a plurality of pages is represented on the page bar control element by plural markers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a processor for opening a plurality of electronic documents; and a display device for displaying at least a portion of a current page of one of the plurality of documents; wherein the processor renders a page bar control element on the display device, wherein the page bar control element provides a visual representation of the plurality of documents, wherein the visual representation includes a plurality of markers, wherein;
(a) each of the plurality of documents is represented by at least one marker, (b) each marker represents one or more pages of the document in which it is located, and (c) each document including a plurality of pages is represented on the page bar control element by plural markers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable medium including computer-executable steps for performing a method comprising:
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opening a plurality of electronic documents; rendering a content display including at least a portion of a current page of one of the plurality of documents; and rendering a page bar control element that provides a visual representation of the plurality of documents, wherein the visual representation includes a plurality of markers, wherein;
(a) each of the plurality of documents is represented by at least one marker, (b) each marker represents one or more pages of the document that it represents, and (c) each document including a plurality of pages is represented on the page bar control element by plural markers. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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Specification