US 2017/0364221 A1 · BOOKMARK OVERLAYS FOR DISPLAYED CONTENT

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.

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Dependent claims

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 relative to all other words in the content;
receive an instruction to enter an overview mode for a display of the content;
change the viewing position to an overview mode;
and
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 relative to all the other words in 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.

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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 relative to all other words in the content;
receiving an instruction to enter an overview mode for a display of the content;
changing the viewing position to an overview mode;
and
displaying on a 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 relative to all the other words in 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.

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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 relative to all other words in the content;
receive an instruction to enter an overview mode for a display of the content;
change the viewing position to an overview mode;
and
display on a 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 relative to all the other words in 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.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bookmark overlays for displayed content

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Bookmark overlays for displayed content

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