Integrating digital book and zoom interface displays

• US 8,533,622 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2009
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Estrada, Julio, Gerhard, Lutz
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Durkin, James T
• Application Number:
  US12/486,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20100325573A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,546 Days
• Field of Search: 715/776, 715/778, 715/801, 345173-179
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

In accordance with one or more aspects, different pages of a digital book are displayed in each of two display areas of a device using a book display model. In response to a request to semantically zoom out, the digital book is displayed in a broader context, the broader context using a context display model rather than the book display model. In response to additional requests to semantically zoom out, the digital book is displayed in increasingly broader contexts. Additionally, in response to requests to semantically zoom in, the digital book is displayed in increasingly narrower contexts until the digital book is displayed in the book display model rather than the context display model.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media devices having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:

display, in each of two display areas, different pages of a digital book using a book display model;

display, in response to a request to semantically zoom out, the digital book in a broader context, the broader context using a context display model rather than the book display model;

display, in response to a request to semantically zoom in, the digital book in the book display model rather than the context display model;

receive a request to enter a scratchpad mode, and in response to the request;

automatically combine the different pages of the digital book displayed in each of the two display areas for display in a first of the two display areas and clear at least a portion of a second of the two display areas;

display, in the first of the two display areas, the combined different pages of the digital book that were previously displayed in both of the two display areas; and

display, in the second of the two display areas, a collection of pages of the digital book that have been moved by a user of the device from the first of the two display areas to the second of the two display areas.

2. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 1, wherein both the request to semantically zoom out and the request to semantically zoom in are user requests.

3. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

display, in the second of the two display areas, a collection of digital books that have been selected by the user of the device from the digital book.

4. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 1, wherein to display the digital book in the broader context is to display both a first page of the digital book and one or more pages preceding the first page in a first display area of the two display areas, and display both a second page of the digital book and one or more pages following the second page in a second display area of the two display areas.

5. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 1, wherein to display the digital book in the broader context is to display the digital book in a first display area of the two display areas, and display multiple additional digital books in a second display area of the two display areas.

6. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 5, wherein the multiple additional books comprise a collection of books selected by the user of the device in a scratchpad mode.

7. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 1, wherein to display the digital book in the broader context is to display both the digital book and multiple additional books in a first display area of the two display areas, and further display additional digital books in a second display area of the two display areas.

8. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to display, in response to one or more additional requests to semantically zoom out, the digital book in one or more broader context levels.

9. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to, after receipt of the one or more additional requests to semantically zoom out, display the digital book in one or more narrower context levels in response to one or more additional requests to semantically zoom in.

10. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 1, wherein the two display areas comprise two separate display components.

11. A method for displaying a user interface, the method comprising:

displaying a first page of a digital book in a first display area and a second page of the digital book in a second display area;

receiving a first semantic zoom out request;

in response to the first semantic zoom out request, displaying both the first page of the digital book and a context of the first page in the first display area, and displaying both the second page of the digital book and a context of the second page in the second display area;

receiving, after receiving the first semantic zoom out request, a second semantic zoom out request;

displaying, in response to the second semantic zoom out request, the digital book in the first display area and multiple additional digital books in the second display area;

receiving a request to enter a scratchpad mode, and in response to the request;

clearing at least a portion of the second display area by at least;

automatically moving the multiple additional digital books in the second display area to the first display area;

displaying the multiple additional digital books together with the digital book in the first display area; and

displaying, in the second display area, a collection of pages of the digital book that have been moved by a user of the device from the first display area to the second display area.

12. A method as recited in claim 11, further comprising returning to displaying, in response to a user request, the first page of the digital book in the first display area and the second page of the digital book in the second display area.

13. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the multiple additional digital books are selected according to one or more criteria.

14. A method as recited in claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a user request to change the one or more criteria; and

selecting, in response to the user request to change the one or more criteria, different digital books as the multiple additional digital books.

15. A method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, after receiving the second semantic zoom request, a third semantic zoom out request; and

displaying, in response to the third semantic zoom out request, both the digital book and the multiple additional digital books in the first area, and displaying further additional digital books in the second display area.

16. A method as recited in claim 15, further comprising:

receiving, after receiving the third semantic zoom out request, a first semantic zoom in request; and

displaying, in response to the first semantic zoom in request, the digital book in the first display area, and displaying the multiple additional digital books in the second display area.

17. A method as recited in claim 16, further comprising:

receiving, after receiving the first semantic zoom in request, a second semantic zoom in request;

displaying, in response to the second semantic zoom in request, both the first page of the digital book and the context of the first page in the first display area, and both the second page of the digital book and the context of the second page in the second display area;

receiving, after receiving the second semantic zoom in request, a third semantic zoom in request; and

displaying, in response to the third semantic zoom in request, the first page without the context of the first page in the first display area, and the second page without the context of the second page in the second display area.

18. A method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

displaying, if the request to enter the scratchpad mode is received prior to receiving the second semantic zoom out request, both the first page and the context of the first page as well as both the second page and the context of the second page in the first display area.

19. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer storage media devices having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including;

displaying, in each of two display areas, different pages of a digital book using a book display model;

displaying, in response to a request to semantically zoom out, the digital book in a broader context, the broader context using a context display model rather than the book display model;

displaying, in response to a request to semantically zoom in, the digital book in the book display model rather than the context display model;

receiving a request to enter a scratchpad mode, and in response to the request;

automatically combining the different pages of the digital book displayed in each of the two display areas for display in a first of the two display areas and clearing at least a portion of a second of the two display areas;

displaying, in the first of the two display areas, the combined different pages of the digital book that were previously displayed in both of the two display areas; and

displaying, in the second of the two display areas, a collection of pages of the digital book that have been moved by a user from the first of the two display areas to the second of the two display areas.

20. A system as recited in claim 19, wherein the operations include displaying, in the second of the two display areas, a collection of digital books that have been selected by the user from the digital book.