Patent ID: 8966391
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for contextualizing a page turn in an electronic book pursuant to a maximum amount of force applied by a user in a snap gesture triggering the page turn, wherein said method is performed by an e-reader program running in a tablet device, said method comprising: quantifying the snap gesture, responsive to receiving the snap gesture via a strain gauge touch screen of the tablet device, wherein the strain gauge touch screen comprises a combination of a strain gauge force sensor and a capacitive/resistive touch screen having all the features of both capacitive touch screens and resistive touch screens, wherein the quantified snap gesture comprises a first data element of applied pressure of the snap gesture (AP) and a second data element of direction of the snap gesture (Dr), displaying, on the strain gauge touch screen, a target page of the electronic book that corresponds to the target page number from said identifying.