Bookmark setting method of e-book, and apparatus thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSun-Woong Joo, Su-Mi Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a bookmark setting method of an e-book, an apparatus thereof, and a medium storing program source thereof. The bookmark setting method includes: recognizing a user's operation performed on a touch screen while displaying the e-book; determining whether the recognized user's operation is an operation of folding a currently displayed subject page; and when the recognized user's operation is an operation of folding the subject page, setting the bookmark on the subject page according to predetermined criteria which in turn provides a realistic bookmarking experience as in the paper book.
Claims16
A method of setting a bookmark of an e-book, the method comprising:
- displaying the e-book on a touchscreen;
- detecting an operation folding a displayed page of the displayed e-book including a first swipe operation along a boundary between unfolded and folded parts of the displayed page;
- and
- setting the bookmark on the displayed page in response to the operation folding the displayed page,
- wherein the folded part of the displayed page is displayed with different shades according to a number of recognized swipe operations detected along the boundary when the bookmark is set.
An apparatus for setting a bookmark of an e-book, comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- display the e-book on the touch screen and detecting an operation folding a currently displayed page of the displayed e-book including a first swipe operation along a boundary between unfolded and folded parts of the displayed page;
- and
- set the bookmark on the currently displayed page in response to the operation folding the currently displayed page , and
- wherein the folded part of the displayed page is displayed with different shades according to a number of recognized swipe operations detected along the boundary when the bookmark is set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.