Patent ID: 8773381

Claim:
A method for contextualizing a page turn in an electronic book pursuant to a snap gesture made by a user on a touch screen of a tablet device, wherein said method is performed by an e-reader program running in the tablet device, said method comprising: quantifying the snap gesture, responsive to receiving the snap gesture via the touch screen, wherein the quantified snap gesture comprises a first data element of direction of the snap gesture (Dr) and a second data element of linger time of the snap gesture (LT), and wherein said quantifying comprises: detecting a point of contact that initiates the snap gesture on the touch screen at a first point in time T 0 , wherein the touch screen is a capacitive-resistive type such that the touch screen provides data pertinent to capacity and resistance of the point of contact to the e-reader program; recording movement of the point of contact, upon determining that the point of contact starts moving at a second point in time T 1 , while the point of contact exists on the touch screen, wherein T 1 is greater than T 0 ; calculating LT as being equal to (T 1 −T 0 ); calculating Dr from the recorded movement of the point of contact, wherein the calculated Dr is selected from a group consisting of {forward, backward}; and storing the calculated Dr and LT as the quantified snap gesture such that the e-reader program utilizes the stored Dr and LT in said identifying; identifying a target page number for the page turn in the electronic book by use of the quantified snap gesture; and displaying, on the touch screen, a target page of the electronic book that corresponds to the target page number from said identifying.