Computer-based browsing method and computer program product for displaying information in an electronic book form

A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computer to perform an operation for displaying on a display screen a portion of a set of information stored in a computer readable memory in a book image format, said portion corresponding to browsing commands output from a user-actuated browsing device, by performing the steps of:

• displaying a thickness image of said book format image corresponding to an amount of said information on a left side and a right side of said book format image as displayed on a display screen, a left portion of said thickness image displayed on said left side of said screen being proportional to a first amount of the information preceding a point in said set of information currently being displayed and a right portion of said thickness image displayed on said right of side of said display screen being proportional to a second amount information following the point in said set of information currently being displayed, respective portions of said set of information being displayed as pages of said book image that overlap previously displayed pages being displayed at the same time, and open pages of said book remain at a fixed location with respect to said display screen as different pages of said book image are displayed;
• displaying a finger-bookmark in a first image format on said display screen corresponding to a finger-bookmark position;
• displaying a permanent bookmark in a second image format on said display screen corresponding to a permanent bookmark position;
• producing a new bookmark corresponding to a currently displayed image;
• displaying said new bookmark in at least one of said first image format or said second image format;
• and
• jumping to a jump position in said set of information corresponding to a current position of an instrument on a sensor device of said computer-based information browsing device.

A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computer to perform an operation for displaying a portion of a set of information stored in a computer readable memory in a book format image, said portion corresponding to browsing commands output from a user-actuated browsing device, by performing the steps of:

• arranging a set of information hosted on a computer into a set of books;
• receiving a command to create new pages of information;
• receiving a command to indicate a location in a book of said set of books at which to add said new pages, said location being at least one of,
• a location within an existing book, and
• a location within a new book,
• adding pages to the location;
• receiving a command to adjust sizes of said new pages;
• organizing said new pages into a plurality of flippable pages,
• generating, if necessary, flipping images of some of the existing pages of said book to the location at which said new pages are to be added, and
• displaying at least one of said new pages, respective portions of said set of information being displayed as pages of said book image that overlap previously displayed pages being displayed at the same time, and open pages of said book remain at a fixed location with respect to said display screen as different pages of said book image are displayed.

A method for displaying a computer-based set of information displayed as a book format image on a display screen comprising flipping pages of said book format image, comprising the steps of:

• receiving user selection of speed of movement through said book format image, respective portions of said set of information being displayed as pages of said book image that overlap previously displayed pages being displayed at the same time, and open pages of said book remain at a fixed location with respect to said display screen as different pages of said book image are displayed;
• displaying said flipping pages in a predetermined format, said predetermined format comprising at least one of,
• a first format where only one flipping page being displayed at any given time, and
• a second format where a plurality of flipping pages are displayed at any given time;
• and
• selecting a number of said displayed flipping pages being dependent on the speed of movement through said book format image.