E-READING DEVICE TO ENABLE INPUT ACTIONS FOR PANNING AND SNAPBACK VIEWING OF E-BOOKS

摘要

An e-reading device is operable to enable a user to pan a content segment (e.g., page or set of pages for a periodical). The user can specify a designated input action in order to enable the paying to be temporary, so as to automatically return that the e-reading device automatically returns to displaying the portion of the content segment that is marked as an origin or point of return.

主权项

1. A method for operating a computing device, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
rendering a segment of an e-book, the segment of the e-book having a predetermined and fixed layout, so that rendering the segment includes displaying, under a given magnification setting, only a portion of the segment at any one time while enabling a user to pan to another portion of the segment; detecting a first input action of a particular type when a first portion of the segment is rendered; in response to detecting the input action, recording the first portion as a point of origin from which a pan event is initiated; processing one or more second input actions until completion of the pan event, wherein processing the one or more second input actions includes panning to at least a second portion of the segment based on position information determined by processing the one or more second input actions; detecting completion of the pan event; and in response to detecting completion of the pan event, automatically returning to displaying the first portion of the content segment.