Patent ID: 9477382
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A device, comprising: a display for displaying content to a user, the content being organized in a multi- column format having a plurality of pages with each page having at least a left column and a right column; and a user interface including a content selection mode configured to cause selection of all content between a first piece of content on a first displayed page and a second piece of content on a second page, wherein the content selection mode is further configured to preview selected content of the second page in a preview area within the right column on the first displayed page during a multipage selection process such that the left column of the first displayed page remains stationary while content from the second page scrolls upward from below into the right column preview area, displacing content from the right column of the first displayed page, and wherein the selected content remains selected until the content selection mode is affirmatively terminated.