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Method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for controlling and browsing a virtual book

  • US 7,386,804 B2
  • Filed: 09/15/2003
  • Issued: 06/10/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for controlling and browsing a virtual book, comprising:

  • one of accessing information relating to an electronic book from a removable memory medium and accessing information relating to an electronic book through one of a wired connection, a wireless connection, and Internet;

    accessing said information via a memory and control device;

    displaying information on two pages of said electronic book;

    displaying a left and a right side book thickness, said left and right side book thicknesses corresponding to a respective amount of information within said electronic book before and after said displayed information;

    displaying a plurality of pages simultaneously flipping in a first direction;

    controlling a virtual flipping through said electronic book with a wireless remote control device and said memory and control device, said wireless remote control device physically separate from and in communication with the memory and control device;

    stopping the flipping of some of the plurality of pages simultaneously flipping; and

    displaying said stopped some of the plurality of pages flipping in an opposite direction from said first direction while displaying a remainder of said plurality of pages simultaneously flipping in said first direction.

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