Patent ID: 8196061

Claim:
A computing system implemented process for providing scroll bar enabled bookmarks in electronic document displays comprising: obtaining data representing an electronic document; displaying at least part of the electronic document to a user on a display screen; providing a bookmark enabled scroll bar on the display screen displaying at least part of the electronic document, the bookmark enabled scroll bar being configured to be activated by the user at one or more locations to create a bookmark corresponding to at least a portion of the electronic document; providing the user with the capability activate the bookmark enabled scroll bar and create a bookmark at a location in the bookmark enabled scroll bar corresponding to a portion of the electronic document the user desires to bookmark; in response to the user activating a location in the bookmark enabled scroll bar corresponding to a portion of the electronic document the user desires to bookmark, bookmarking the portion of the electronic document the user desires to bookmark and generating and displaying a bookmark visual indicator in the bookmark enabled scroll bar at the location in the bookmark enabled scroll bar corresponding to the portion of the electronic document the user desires to bookmark; displaying at least one bookmark sequencing button associated with the bookmark visual indicator, the bookmark sequencing button being separate and distinct from a bookmark, the bookmark sequencing button being associated with one of either an up or down direction; providing the user with the capability to activate the bookmark sequencing button associated with the bookmark visual indicator; in response to the user activating the bookmark sequencing button, returning to a closest bookmarked portion of the electronic document the user bookmarked, as indicated by a bookmark visual indicator in the bookmark enabled scroll bar, that is consistent with the activated bookmark sequencing button; and displaying the closest bookmarked portion of the electronic document, wherein the closest bookmarked portion is determined using a present position and the nearest bookmark in the direction associated with the activated bookmark sequencing button, as indicated by a bookmark visual indicator in the bookmark enabled scroll bar, which is consistent with the activated bookmark sequencing button on the display screen.