Patent ID: 7437683
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computer system having a user interface, including a touch-sensitive display, a method of displaying an electronic document including a plurality of pages, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a page of the electronic document to a user as an immersive reading page, the immersive reading page having the visual characteristics of a printed paper page; associating navigational functionality with an interactive region of the immersive reading page, wherein a page number of the immersive reading page is displayed, the interactive region spans only a portion of the immersive reading page, and the navigational functionality comprises displaying another immersive reading page of the electronic document; and carrying out the navigational functionality in order to display another immersive reading page of the electronic document, the navigational functionality being carried out in response to the user tapping the touch-sensitive display at the interactive region corresponding to the page number of the immersive reading page, wherein