Patent ID: 8977978
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting an outline view of an electronic document, the method comprising: displaying, on a display of a client device, first ones of a plurality of organizational elements of the electronic document in a first user navigable graphical panel, said first ones of said organizational elements corresponding to a first outline level of the electronic document; displaying, on the display of the client device and responsive to user selection of one of the first organizational elements corresponding to the first outline level of the electronic document, one or more child organizational elements of the selected first organizational element in a second user navigable graphical panel, the child organizational elements corresponding to a second outline level of the electronic document; displaying, on the display of the client device and responsive to user navigation interactions with the child organizational elements in the second user navigable graphical panel, one or more content previews of content within the electronic document, the content previews being displayed within the second user navigable graphical panel according to currently displayed ones of the organizational elements of the second outline levels of the electronic document, wherein the content previews include summaries of one or more social features associated with the electronic document; responsive to user navigation actions involving the first organizational elements in the first user navigable graphical panel, reconfiguring display of one or more of the child organizational elements in the second user navigable graphical panel, but preserving layout and configuration of the first outline level of the electronic document as displayed in the first user navigable graphical panel; and responsive to a user swiping the second user navigable graphical panel in a first direction, hiding the first user navigable graphical panel under the second user navigable graphical panel and displaying the second user navigable graphical panel and a third user navigable graphical panel, the third user navigable graphical panel being displayed in a space formerly occupied by the second user navigable graphical panel and displaying therein electronic content of the electronic document associated with the selected child organizational element in the second user navigable graphical panel.