Patent ID: 8977977
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for fanning pages of an electronic book on a touch panel display of an electronic apparatus for consuming electronic books, the method including: displaying on the touch panel display a first side of the electronic book, the first side including a first page and a view of a thickness of the first side of the electronic book, the thickness of the first side of the electronic book representing a first contact zone; contacting the first contact zone with a pointing object; maintaining contact of the pointing object with the touch panel display at the first contact zone; moving the pointing object towards a first edge of the first contact zone; transmitting first direction page fanning instructions to the electronic apparatus for consuming electronic books in response to the pointing object being moved towards the first edge of the first contact zone; and displaying fanning of pages in the first direction on the touch panel display in response to the transmitted first direction page fanning instructions, wherein the thickness of the first side of the electronic book is reduced during the fanning of pages in the first direction, and wherein actual content on each page is substantially shown while pages are fanned in the first direction and actual content on each page is not shown while pages are fanned in opposite direction of the first direction.