Deleting annotations of paginated digital content
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a display for presenting paginated digital content to a user; and
a user interface including an annotation mode, the annotation mode allowing a user to add highlights to paginated digital content to associate a portion of the paginated digital content with the highlight, wherein an added highlight can be deleted from the paginated digital content without deleting the portion of the paginated digital content associated with the highlight by collapsing the highlight into a shape displayed on the paginated digital content in response to a press-and-hold input on the highlight to select the highlight followed by a flick input provided on the shape of the collapsed highlight before the press-and-hold input is released to remove the collapsed highlight from the paginated digital content.
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Abstract
Features and techniques are disclosed for interacting with paginated digital content, including a multi-purpose tool and an annotation mode. The multi-purpose tool, which may be represented by a graphic (e.g., a movable interactive graphic), can provide access to multiple modes (e.g., copy, define, note, and/or highlight modes) that a user can invoke. The mode invoked determines the functions performed by the tool when interacting with the paginated digital content. The annotation mode, which may be invoked using the multi-purpose tool or independently thereof, can allow a user to create and edit annotations, such as highlights and notes (e.g., sticky notes, margin notes, and/or highlight notes), for paginated digital content. Editing the annotations may include selecting a desired color for the annotation, for example. The annotation mode may also allow a user to intuitively merge and delete annotations previously added to paginated digital content.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display for presenting paginated digital content to a user; and a user interface including an annotation mode, the annotation mode allowing a user to add highlights to paginated digital content to associate a portion of the paginated digital content with the highlight, wherein an added highlight can be deleted from the paginated digital content without deleting the portion of the paginated digital content associated with the highlight by collapsing the highlight into a shape displayed on the paginated digital content in response to a press-and-hold input on the highlight to select the highlight followed by a flick input provided on the shape of the collapsed highlight before the press-and-hold input is released to remove the collapsed highlight from the paginated digital content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a processor; a touch screen display for displaying paginated digital content to a user and allowing user input; and a user interface executable by the processor and including an annotation mode, the annotation mode configured to add a sticky note to a first location within the paginated digital content without selecting a portion of the paginated digital content at that location in response to a tap gesture at the first location, wherein the sticky note is represented by a movable graphic at the first location, and selection of the graphic in response to a tap gesture performed on the movable graphic causes contents of the sticky note to be presented in an edit box, move the sticky note from the first location in the paginated digital content to a second location in the paginated digital content, in response to a press-and-hold input on the sticky note to grab the sticky note followed by dragging the grabbed sticky note to the second location and dropping the grabbed sticky note at the second location, move the sticky note to maintain the sticky note in the first location within the paginated digital content, in response to a change in viewing preference of the paginated digital content, and delete the sticky note from the paginated digital content; and wherein the sticky note can be deleted in response to a press-and-hold input on the sticky note to grab the sticky note, followed by a flick input provided on the sticky note before the press-and-hold input is released, and wherein the sticky note can also be deleted in response to a deletion input on a deletion graphic displayed with the edit box. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product comprising one or more non-transitory machine readable mediums encoding a plurality of instructions that when executed by one or more processors facilitate operation of an electronic device according to a process, the process comprising:
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in response to a press-and-hold input performed on a highlight previously added to paginated digital content and associated with a portion of the paginated digital content, collapse the highlight into a shape displayed on the paginated digital content; and in response to a flick gesture performed on the shape of the collapsed highlight before releasing the press-and-hold input, delete the highlight by removing the collapsed highlight from the paginated digital content without deleting the portion of the paginated digital content associated with the highlight. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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