Patent ID: 7958447

Claim:
A method for providing navigational control of paginated electronic information, the method comprising: loading paginated information into an electronic device capable of displaying paginated information in response to a user's selection; determining the total number of pages in the paginated information, and the number and page lengths of chapters, indexes, appendices, and prefaces; calibrating one or more page navigation controls that are formed with one or more touch pads, based on the determined total number of pages in paginated document, and number and page length of chapters, indexes, appendices, prefaces; setting detents and resistance points on the one or more navigation controls based on the calibration; changing displayed paginated content in response to the user's positional touch of the one or more navigation controls; wherein the detents and resistance points are implemented in at least one of: virtually in navigational software, and physically with a series of elevations or ridges that interface with the navigational software; and wherein the level of resistance of the detents and resistance points varies in response to location within and content of the paginated information.