Techniques for paging through digital content on touch screen devices
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a touch screen display for displaying paginated digital content to a user and allowing user input; and
a user interface including a page flipping mode that can be activated in response to an activation gesture performed on paginated digital content, wherein the page flipping mode is configured to flip through at least one page of the paginated digital content in response to a page flipping gesture, and wherein at least one of page flipping speed and/or the number of pages flipped through is determined based on the page flipping gesture'"'"'s speed and/or duration;
wherein the page flipping mode is user-configurable such that at least one of page flipping speed, page flipping stop points, and page skipping are determined based on one or more user-provided areas of interest, and the page flipping mode changes how the paginated digital content is presented based on the areas of interest; and
wherein user input independent of the activation gesture can be provided to turn one page of the paginated digital content at a time.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for providing a page flipping mode in electronic touch sensitive devices. The user can engage the page flipping mode by performing an activation gesture, which causes the device to display a magazine page flipping mode or a fast page flipping mode. The page flipping modes may show paginated content such as an opened book or magazine in a single stack or side-by-side layout. The fast page flipping modes may show a single page lying relatively flat or somewhat curled with the edges of subsequent pages visible at the right edge of the page. A page flipping gesture may prompt an animation showing one or more pages folding up to display subsequent pages to the user. In some cases, the number of pages being flipped and/or the speed at which the pages are flipped, is dependent upon the speed and/or length and/or duration of the page flipping gesture.
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20 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a touch screen display for displaying paginated digital content to a user and allowing user input; and a user interface including a page flipping mode that can be activated in response to an activation gesture performed on paginated digital content, wherein the page flipping mode is configured to flip through at least one page of the paginated digital content in response to a page flipping gesture, and wherein at least one of page flipping speed and/or the number of pages flipped through is determined based on the page flipping gesture'"'"'s speed and/or duration; wherein the page flipping mode is user-configurable such that at least one of page flipping speed, page flipping stop points, and page skipping are determined based on one or more user-provided areas of interest, and the page flipping mode changes how the paginated digital content is presented based on the areas of interest; and wherein user input independent of the activation gesture can be provided to turn one page of the paginated digital content at a time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile computing system, comprising:
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a processor and a touch screen display for displaying paginated digital content to a user and allowing user input; and a user interface executable on the processor and including a page flipping mode that can be activated in response to an activation gesture performed via the touch screen display on paginated digital content, wherein the page flipping mode is configured to flip through at least one page of the paginated digital content in response to a page flipping gesture, and wherein at least one of page flipping speed and/or the number of pages flipped through is determined based on the page flipping gesture'"'"'s speed and/or duration; wherein the page flipping mode is further configured to display a portion of a page not currently being displayed in response to a first contact point being held on a displayed page in combination with the page flipping gesture being performed via a second contact point; and wherein user input independent of the activation gesture can be provided to turn one page of the paginated digital content at a time. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A computer program product comprising a plurality of instructions non-transiently encoded thereon to facilitate operation of an electronic device according to the following process:
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receive at the electronic device a page flipping mode activation gesture performed on paginated digital content; enter a page flipping mode; receive at the electronic device a page flipping gesture; and display a page flipping animation showing at least one page of paginated digital content flipping, wherein the number of pages being flipped and/or the page flipping speed is controlled by the distance of a contact point of the page flipping gesture from an edge of the electronic device; wherein user input independent of the activation gesture can be provided to turn one page of the paginated digital content at a time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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