Chapter navigation user interface

摘要

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.

主权项

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.