Patent ID: 8621390

Claim:
An electronic book (e-book) reader, comprising: an electronic paper display to display contents of an electronic book other than a table of contents for the electronic book, the electronic paper display being configured to maintain display of content without drawing electricity and to allow the content that is displayed to be changed; a processor; and memory in electronic communication with the processor, the memory including instructions stored therein, the instructions executable to: determine a portion of the contents of the electronic book that is currently being displayed on the electronic paper display; determine an entry, from the table of contents for the electronic book, that matches a preceding or subsequent portion of the contents of the electronic book with respect to the portion of the contents of the electronic book that is currently being displayed; provide for display on the electronic paper display, without navigating to the table of contents, a menu that covers at least a segment of the portion of the contents of the electronic book that is currently being displayed, the menu displayed with a navigation option that includes matching text of the entry from the table of contents for the electronic book; receive user selection of the navigation option while the portion of contents of the electronic book is displayed; in response to receiving the user selection of the navigation option, access a table of contents table stored on the e-book reader, the table of contents table matching a table of contents definition that includes a plurality of navigation points defined therein; and navigate to the preceding or subsequent portion of the contents of the electronic book based on information that is contained within the table of contents table.