Patent ID: 7171630

Claim:
A method for electronically simulating interaction with images of printed matter, comprising: selecting a display mode of a display, wherein the display mode comprises a single page view mode or a multiple page view mode, and wherein the multiple page view mode is selected from the group consisting of: a double-page mode, a double-page mode with gatefold pages, and a double-page with an insert mode; displaying a first image corresponding to a first printed page on the display, wherein the first printed page is part of a plurality of printed pages of a bound publication; responding to user input to simulate turning the page to display a second image corresponding to a second printed page; and wherein the simulation of turning a page when in double-page mode with an image of gatefold page obscuring a portion of an image of left-most page of the publication comprises: responding to user input by moving the viewpoint farther away from the pages; and launching a right-to-left page turning animation for unfolding the gatefold page and revealing a page that was obscured by the gatefold page as well as a reverse side of the gatefold page.