Patent ID: 7667719

Claim:
A method for continuously displaying image pages of digital content which is available over a network, the method comprising: obtaining over the network a current set of image pages from the digital content; detecting a scroll movement; in response to the detection of the scroll movement: determining a direction of the scroll movement; determining a speed of the scroll movement; determining if the speed of the scroll movement exceeds a predetermined threshold; if the speed of the scroll movement exceeds the predetermined threshold, determining a number of intervening additional image pages as a function of the direction and speed of the scroll movement; determining at least one additional image page to add to the current set of image pages as a function of the direction and speed of the scroll movement, wherein the at least one additional image page following the current image page in the direction of the scroll movement does not include the intervening additional image pages; sending a request over the network to obtain the additional image page; obtaining over the network the additional image page to include to the current set of image pages; and displaying continuous portions of image pages of the current set of image pages in accordance with the scroll movement.