Patent ID: 9652140
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A page search method for an electronic device, comprising: identifying types and positions of information elements contained in a page to be output on a display unit of the electronic device by examining source information associated with the page; assigning indexes to the information elements, wherein the indexes are distinctly assigned according to the types of the information elements, wherein the assigning of the indexes comprises assigning thumbnail images as the indexes to the information elements; arranging the indexes on a scroll bar region corresponding to the page based on the identified positions of the information elements; outputting a composite scroll bar containing the scroll bar region on which the indexes are arranged, wherein in response to an input for an index selection generated at a position of the composite scroll bar being selected by touching the position, the display outputs, a page region corresponding to the selected position, and wherein in response to a simultaneous touch selection of a plurality of thumbnail images, outputting an additional scroll region with a corresponding quantity of categories of thumbnail images separately arranged at regular intervals.