Bookmark overlays for displayed content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10514830-B2
Application number	US-201715689651-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2017
Priority date	Sep 10, 2015
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

Virtual bookmarks can be set in digital content to enable a user to quickly locate a portion of interest. A user can provide an input to enter into an overview mode wherein multiple pages of content are displayed concurrently. The user can navigate through the pages, and when a bookmarked page is caused to no longer appear on the display an overlay element such as a thumbnail of the page can be positioned near the edge of the display, representing the current relative location of the page in the overview. A user can select one of the displayed pages to view, or can select the bookmark overlay element to return to the current page. A user can perform an action to cause the bookmarked page to be updated, or can perform various actions to cause multiple bookmarks to be created with respect to the content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a display screen;
at least one processor; and
memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
determine a viewing position associated with a portion of content, the viewing position representing a first location of a first word and a second location of a last word of the portion of the content, wherein the first location of the first word and the second location of the last word of the portion of the content are based at least in part upon one or more aspects of the display screen;
receive an instruction to enter an overview mode for a display of the content;
change the viewing position to an overview mode;
display on the display screen, in the overview mode, an array of adjacent portions to the portion of the content based at least in part on the first location of the first word and the second location of the last word on the portion of the content, wherein an overlay element is enabled to indicate a virtual location of the portion of the content in response to a navigation input causing additional content to be displayed; and
use the first word and the last word to determine which portion of the content to display for a first page on the display screen.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the system to:
display a first bookmark element for the portion of the content among the array of adjacent portions of the content; and
generate a first tag indicating the portion of the content is a bookmarked portion.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the system to:
display a second bookmark element indicating that an additional portion of the content is associated with a second tag, the additional portion of the content not displayed in the array of adjacent portions;
receive a first selection of the second bookmark element; and
display the additional portion of the content without the array of adjacent portions.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the system to:
receive input from at least one of a user interface component, an application or a provider of the content; and
generate a new bookmark element for a specified portion of the content.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the system to:
determine that at least one of a frequency of access, a total time of access, or a type of user interaction for a determined portion of the content satisfies at least one bookmark criterion; and
generate a new bookmark element for the determined portion of the content.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the portion of content corresponds to at least one of a page, a chapter, an image, a video, a keyframe, an audio clip, an annotation, an important passage, an external link, an internal link, or a user comment.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the system to:
detect, while displaying a current portion of the content, a subsequent instruction to enter the overview mode; and
tag the current portion of the content as a bookmarked portion.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
determining a viewing position associated with a portion of content, the viewing position representing a first location of a first word and a second location of a last word of the portion of the content, wherein the first location of the first word and the second location of the last word of the portion of the content are based at least in part upon one or more aspects of a display screen;
receiving an instruction to enter an overview mode for a display of the content;
changing the viewing position to an overview mode;
displaying on the display screen, in the overview mode, an array of adjacent portions to the portion of the content based at least in part on the first location of the first word and the second location of the last word on the portion of the content, wherein an overlay element is enabled to indicate a virtual location of the portion of the content in response to a navigation input causing additional content to be displayed; and
using the first word and the last word to determine which portion of the content to display for a first page on the display screen.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
linking the portion of the content to an additional portion of the content; and
displaying, in the overview mode, a graphical link between the portion and the additional portion as displayed in the array of adjacent portions.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining the portion of the array of adjacent portions further based at least in part upon at least one of an application setting, a device type, or a screen size displaying the content.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, while displaying the array of adjacent portions in the overview mode, navigation input to cause a different portion of the array of adjacent portions to be displayed;
displaying an animation based at least in part on the navigation input directing movement of the array of adjacent portions in at least one direction;
displaying the different portion of the array of adjacent portions; and
displaying, as an overlay with the different portion of the array of adjacent portions, a respective bookmark element for any bookmarked portion that is not displayed as part of the different portion of the array of adjacent portions.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying a set of filters with the array of adjacent portions, a first filter of the set of filters capable of causing a type of content to be displayed, or not displayed, as part of the array of adjacent portions.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying a bookmark element for the portion of the content among the array of adjacent portions of the content using a thumbnail view of the portion of the content.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
enabling an adjacent portion of the array of adjacent portions to be tagged as a second bookmarked portion by (1) the adjacent portion being selected and (2) a motion performed on a computing device to cause the adjacent portion to appear dragged across a screen to a bookmark region for display.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying a first bookmark element for the portion of the content among the array of adjacent portions of the content;
generating a first tag indicating the portion of the content is a bookmarked portion;
displaying a second bookmark element indicating that an additional portion of the content is associated with a second tag, the additional portion of the content not displayed in the array of adjacent portions;
receiving a first selection of the second bookmark element; and
displaying the additional portion of the content without the array of adjacent portions.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
determine a viewing position associated with a portion of content, the viewing position representing a first location of a first word and a second location of a last word of the portion of the content, wherein the first location of the first word and the second location of the last word of the p

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Bacus Michael Patrick
• Micarelli Seth Daniel
• Taborisskaya Alla
• King Joseph
• Gerhard Lutz
• Font Amanda Leigh
• Brookes Craig Reeves
• Craft Andrew Scott

Classifications

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0483 Primary

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title