VISUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICES

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for engaging and displaying a visual table of contents in electronic touch sensitive devices. The user can engage the visual table of contents by, for example, performing an activation gesture, such as an inward two-contact pinch gesture. The visual table of contents may display the paginated content to the user as a grid of image tiles, each image corresponding to a page or spread of pages. Each page of content may be accompanied by its appropriate page number. The visual table of contents may display the paginated content as page spreads, wherein each page is paired with its opposite facing page. The user may scroll through the visual table of contents if the device screen is not large enough to display all of the pages on a single screen. Selecting a page from the table of contents may display the selected page to the user.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
a touch screen display for displaying content to a user and allowing user input; and a user interface including a visual table of contents mode that can be activated in response to an activation command performed while the device is displaying paginated digital content, wherein the visual table of contents mode is configured to display a visual table of contents comprising a grid of thumbnails each thumbnail associated with a page of the paginated content.