Annotation of digital content via selective fixed formatting
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 fixed format viewing mode, wherein a given page of the paginated digital content is displayed in a first format and in response to an annotation provided on the given page of the paginated digital content, content of the given page becomes fixed in the first format, such that if the paginated digital content is reflowed to a second format, the content of the given page stays fixed in the first format and does not reflow to the second format, and content of at least one other page of the paginated digital content having no annotation is reflowed to the second format;
wherein in response to a hide annotations action, the annotation is hidden and the fixed format viewing mode is configured to display the content of the given page in the second format; and
wherein the mode is further configured to display the content of the given page in the first format and with the annotation in response to one of an additional annotation provided on the paginated digital content and a show annotations action.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for providing a fixed format viewing mode in electronic computing devices. The fixed format viewing mode may be engaged upon receiving virtual ink annotations at the touch screen of the electronic device. The annotations may be input using an active stylus. Upon receiving virtual ink annotations, the current page of digital content may be converted into a fixed format page wherein the formatting characteristics are held constant and the annotations remain in the same location with respect to the underlying digital content. Formatting characteristics for other pages of the digital content may be altered, however the fixed format page maintains the same format as when the annotations were added. The user may hide and/or edit virtual ink annotations, and when the annotations are hidden the content of the fixed format page may flow normally and match the formatting characteristics of the rest of the digital content.
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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 fixed format viewing mode, wherein a given page of the paginated digital content is displayed in a first format and in response to an annotation provided on the given page of the paginated digital content, content of the given page becomes fixed in the first format, such that if the paginated digital content is reflowed to a second format, the content of the given page stays fixed in the first format and does not reflow to the second format, and content of at least one other page of the paginated digital content having no annotation is reflowed to the second format; wherein in response to a hide annotations action, the annotation is hidden and the fixed format viewing mode is configured to display the content of the given page in the second format; and wherein the mode is further configured to display the content of the given page in the first format and with the annotation in response to one of an additional annotation provided on the paginated digital content and a show annotations action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile computing system, 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 on the processor and including a fixed format viewing mode, wherein in response to an annotation provided on a given page of the paginated digital content, content of the given page becomes fixed, such that if the paginated digital content is reflowed, the content of the given page stays fixed and does not reflow, and content of at least one other page of the paginated digital content having no annotation is changed; wherein a reflow of the paginated digital content is performed in response to a change to at least one of a content viewing setting and a formatting characteristic of the paginated digital content; and wherein in response to the reflow of the paginated digital content, content on at least one page adjacent to the given page includes redundant content also included on the given page, and wherein the redundant content on the at least one adjacent page is visually different from non-redundant content. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer program product comprising a plurality of instructions encoded thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out, the process comprising:
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display on an electronic device a given page of paginated digital content; receive at the electronic device an annotation on the given page; and convert the given page to a fixed format page in a first format wherein content of the given page becomes fixed, such that if the paginated digital content is reflowed to a second format, the content of the given page stays fixed in the first format and does not reflow to the second format, and content of at least one other page of the paginated digital content having no annotation is reflowed to the second format; in response to a hide annotations action, hide the annotation and display the content of the given page in the second format; and in response to one of an additional annotation provided on the paginated digital content and a show annotations action, display the content of the given page in the first format and with the annotation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification