Patent ID: 8345068

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for displaying image pages of digital content which is available over a network, the computer-implemented method comprising: as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions, obtaining over the network a current set of image pages from the digital content, said current set of image pages comprising a subset of image pages of the digital content; obtaining a user request to display at least a portion of a new image page of the digital content, wherein the request is based on an indication of scroll movement, wherein the new image page has not yet been requested over the network and is not included in the current set of image pages prior to obtaining the user request; in response to obtaining the user request, sending a request over the network to obtain additional image pages, wherein the additional image pages comprise the requested new image page and at least one image page immediately following the new image page; and obtaining over the network the additional image pages to include in the current set of image pages, wherein the additional image pages to include in the current set of image pages are determined based at least in part on a direction and speed of the scroll movement, wherein at least one intervening image page in the digital content between the current set of image pages and the new image page is not included in the additional image pages.