Method and apparatus for fostering immersive reading of electronic documents
First Claim
1. In a computer system having a user interface, including a touch-sensitive display, a method of displaying an electronic document including a plurality of pages, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a page of the electronic document to a user as an immersive reading page, the immersive reading page having the visual characteristics of a printed paper page;
associating navigational functionality with an interactive region of the immersive reading page, wherein a page number of the immersive reading page is displayed, the interactive region spans only a portion of the immersive reading page, and the navigational functionality comprises displaying another immersive reading page of the electronic document; and
carrying out the navigational functionality in order to display another immersive reading page of the electronic document, the navigational functionality being carried out in response to the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region corresponding to the page number of the immersive reading page,whereinthe navigational functionality is transparent to the user prior to the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region of the immersive reading page,the interactive region is in proximity of the displayed page number, the interactive region including an area to the right of the page number and an area to the left of the page number on the display, andin response to the user tapping the area to the right of the page number, the navigational functionality is carried out by replacing the displayed page of the document with a subsequent page of the document, andin response to the user tapping the area to the left of the page number, the navigational functionality is carried out by replacing the displayed page of the document with a previous page of the document.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for presenting electronic documents to users in the form of immersive reading pages. Immersive reading pages mimic the presentation that is provided by printed paper documents. There are no traditional user interface features displayed to the user, yet the user has access to the enhanced functionality that can be provided by computer-implemented documents. In an illustrative embodiment, the user has access to intrabook (or inside-the-book), interbook (or outside-the-book) navigational features, and content interactive features, such as highlighting, annotating, drawing or looking up definitions or synonyms of words in the document. Enhanced functionality is transparently associated with elements on the immersive reading page such that the immersive reading page is without visible indicators of the association. A training mode for permitting the user to learn the transparent association behind the immersive reading pages provides visual guides to the user. The guides may be turned off after the user learns the association.
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20 Claims
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1. In a computer system having a user interface, including a touch-sensitive display, a method of displaying an electronic document including a plurality of pages, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a page of the electronic document to a user as an immersive reading page, the immersive reading page having the visual characteristics of a printed paper page; associating navigational functionality with an interactive region of the immersive reading page, wherein a page number of the immersive reading page is displayed, the interactive region spans only a portion of the immersive reading page, and the navigational functionality comprises displaying another immersive reading page of the electronic document; and carrying out the navigational functionality in order to display another immersive reading page of the electronic document, the navigational functionality being carried out in response to the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region corresponding to the page number of the immersive reading page, wherein the navigational functionality is transparent to the user prior to the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region of the immersive reading page, the interactive region is in proximity of the displayed page number, the interactive region including an area to the right of the page number and an area to the left of the page number on the display, and in response to the user tapping the area to the right of the page number, the navigational functionality is carried out by replacing the displayed page of the document with a subsequent page of the document, and in response to the user tapping the area to the left of the page number, the navigational functionality is carried out by replacing the displayed page of the document with a previous page of the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of displaying an electronic document including a plurality of pages on a touch-sensitive display of a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a page of the electronic document to a user as an immersive reading page, the immersive reading page having the visual characteristics of a printed paper page; associating navigational functionality with an interactive region of the immersive reading page, wherein a page number of immersive reading page is displayed, the interactive region spans only a portion of the immersive reading page, and the navigational functionality comprises displaying another immersive reading page of the electronic document; sensing the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region corresponding to the page number of the immersive reading page; and carrying out the navigational functionality in order to display another immersive reading page of the electronic document, the navigational functionality being carried out in response to the user tapping the interactive region corresponding to the page number of the immersive reading page, wherein the navigational functionality associated with the page number is transparent to the user prior to the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region of the immersive reading page, the interactive region is in proximity of the displayed page number, the interactive region including an area to the right of the page number and an area to the left of the page number on the display, and in response to the user tapping the area to the right of the page number, the navigational functionality is carried out by replacing the displayed page of the document with a subsequent page of the document, and in response to the user tapping the area to the left of the page number, the navigational functionality is carried out by replacing the displayed page of the document with a previous page of the document. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a computer system having a user interface, including a touch-sensitive display, a method of displaying an electronic document including a plurality of pages, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a page of the electronic document to a user as an immersive reading page, the immersive reading page having the visual characteristics of a printed paper page; associating navigational functionality with an interactive region of the immersive reading page, wherein an element of the immersive reading page is displayed, the interactive region spans only a portion of the immersive reading page, and the navigational functionality comprises displaying another immersive reading page of the electronic document; and carrying out the navigational functionality in order to display another immersive reading page of the electronic document, the navigational functionality being carried out in response to the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region corresponding to the element of the immersive reading page, wherein the navigational functionality is transparent to the user prior to the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region of the immersive reading page, the interactive region is in proximity of the displayed element, the interactive region including an area to the right of the element and an area to the left of the element on the display, and in response to the user tapping the area to the right of the element, the navigational functionality is carried out by replacing the displayed page of the document with a subsequent page of the document, and in response to the user tapping the area to the left of the element, the navigational functionality is carried out by replacing the displayed page of the document with a previous page of the document. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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