Patent ID: 8185842
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A user interface display method for an electronic device, comprising: organizing a plurality of software applications and a web browser executable on the electronic device into a virtual book, wherein each page of the virtual book comprises a user interface of one of the software applications or a web page displayed by the web browser; displaying one of the pages as a current page so that the user interface of one of the software applications or the web page of the current page is accessible to a user of the electronic device; changing a view angle of the virtual book from a flat-on-the-table-view to a stand-up view in response to a first operating action performed by the user to enable individual pages of the virtual book selectable from a touch action by the user and to enable flipping of the pages of the virtual book in the stand up view by sliding a finger on the display or a flip bar, wherein the stand-up view comprises a plurality of the pages adjacent to the current page and a virtual switch attached to a side of the virtual book.