Patent ID: 6883138
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a thumbnail, comprising: generating a reduced-size representation of an original document, the original document having at least one first selectable element, each at least one first selectable element having, as an associated destination, one of (a) an arbitrary portion of the original document accessible by selection of a second selectable element provided in the original document and (b) a document other than the original document; generating at least one second selectable element, each at least one second selectable element corresponding to an associated destination of one of the at least one first selectable element; and associating the at least one second selectable element with the reduced-size representation in a display of the reduced-size representation, whereby the one of (a) the one of the document areas and (b) the associated destination of the one of the at least one first selectable element is directly accessible by selection of the one of the at least one second selectable element, wherein the at least one second selectable element has a modified proportionally larger appearance relative to an appearance of a corresponding element in the original document to make the at least one second selectable element have enhanced visual cues for selection.