Chapter navigation user interface

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9367227-B1
Application number	US-82776310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2010
Priority date	Jun 30, 2010
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

A user interface for a touch-screen display of an electronic book reader device is described. The user interface facilitates chapter navigation among the various chapters in digital content items, such as electronic books, in response to use input via the touch-screen display. Multiple techniques for navigating chapters include actuating a chapter navigation control, selecting a portion of a progress indicator depicted on the touch-screen display, and detecting patterns of multi-directional strokes made on the touch-screen display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
under control of an electronic device configured with specific executable instructions,
displaying, in a first mode of the electronic device, a current page of an electronic book on a touch-screen display of the electronic device, wherein bookmark navigation is disabled in the first mode;
detecting a first user input via the touch-screen display, wherein the first user input comprises a touch gesture followed by a first stroke;
transitioning the electronic device from the first mode to a second mode based at least in part on the detecting the first user input, wherein bookmark navigation is enabled in the second mode;
determining that the first stroke is performed in a first direction;
displaying on the touch-screen display, based at least in part on the first direction of the first stroke, a first plurality of indicators corresponding to a first plurality of bookmarked locations within the electronic book that precede the current page, and a second plurality of indicators corresponding to a second plurality of bookmarked locations within the electronic book after the current page;
receiving user selection of a particular indicator from the first plurality of indicators or the second plurality of indicators; and
displaying a second page of the electronic book on the touch-screen display, the second page associated with a bookmark corresponding to the particular indicator.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the first plurality of indicators and the second plurality of indicators based on a location of the second page within the electronic book.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second page is associated with a user assigned bookmark.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of indicators are arranged horizontally across a top of the touch-screen display.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of indicators are arranged vertically along a right side of the touch-screen display.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of indicators are arranged horizontally across a top of the touch-screen display and the second plurality of indicators are arranged vertically along a right side of the touch-screen display.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of indicators and the second plurality of indicators include a plurality of navigation icons representative of chapters in the electronic book.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a chapter number or location identifier in association with the first plurality of indicators and the second plurality of indicators.

9. A computer-implemented method comprising:
under control of an electronic device configured with specific executable instructions,
displaying, in a first mode of the electronic device, within a first region, a current page of an electronic book on a touch-screen display of the electronic device, wherein the first mode does not enable bookmark navigation;
receiving a user input comprising a first stroke via the touch-screen display;
transitioning the electronic device from the first mode to a second mode in which one or more bookmark indicia are presented on the display for enabling bookmark navigation within the electronic book;
determining that the first stroke is performed in a first direction; and
displaying, based at least in part on the first stroke performed in the first direction, one or more first navigation icons representing one or more locations preceding the current page in the electronic book within a second region of the touch-screen display and one or more second navigation icons representing one or more locations subsequent to the current page in the electronic book within a third region of the touch-screen display;
receiving a user selection of a particular navigation icon of the one or more first navigation icons or the one or more second navigation icons; and
displaying a second page of the electronic book on the touch-screen display, the second page associated with the particular navigation icon.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the second page is also associated with a start of a chapter.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the second page is associated with a user assigned bookmark.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the first and second navigation icons comprise bookmark icons.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the first and second navigation icons comprise chapter icons.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the second region is a horizontal region across a top of the touch-screen display.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , wherein the third region is a vertical region along a right side of the touch-screen display.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising providing a chapter number or location identifier in association with individual ones of the first and second navigation icons.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising redisplaying the current page of the electronic book in response to at least one of another user input via the touch-screen display or an elapsed period of time.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising depicting a progress indicator in conjunction with the current page, the progress indicator having a first portion in a fourth region of the display to represent an amount of content that comes before the current page and a second portion in a fifth region of the display to represent an amount of content that comes after the current page, the fourth region being separate from the fifth region.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 , wherein the first portion of the progress indicator grows taller and the second portion of the progress indicator shrinks as the electronic book is consumed from front to back, and the first portion of the progress indicator shrinks and the second portion of the progress indicator grows taller as the electronic book is consumed from back to front.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 9 , further comprising providing a page number or location identifier associated with a bookmark in association with individual ones of the first and second navigation icons.

21. An electronic device comprising:
a touch-screen display;
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
displaying a graphical user interface to facilitate navigation within an electronic book;
displaying, within a first region of the touch-screen display, a current page of the electronic book;
transitioning from a normal mode to a chapter navigation mode based at least in part on receiving a first user input performed at an anchor point on the touch-screen display, the anchor point distinguishing between a page navigation mode and the chapter navigation mode;
navigating from a current chapter to a next chapter or a previous chapter of the electronic book based at least in part on detecting at least one subsequent input gesture in the chapter navigation mode;
transitioning from the chapter navigation mod

Assignees

• Kim John T
• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Kim John T

Classifications

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F15/0291

  for reading, e.g. e-books (constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613) · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/0483

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