Patent ID: 8643667

Claim:
A method for displaying an illustrated book on a computer screen, comprising: displaying a static underlying graphics image containing one or more illustrations and corresponding to contents of a page in the illustrated book on the computer screen; displaying a text detail image having text therein on the computer screen as a layer on top of the static underlying graphics image and covering a first portion of the static underlying graphics image, the text detail image being defined as at least one of a word balloon, a dialog balloon or a description box; and responsive to a cursor rolling over the text detail image, dynamically re-sizing the text detail image by magnifying the text detail image such that the text detail image covers a second, larger portion of the static underlying graphics image; wherein content of the static underlying graphics image is not adjusted responsive to magnifying the text detail image; and wherein another text detail image layered on top of the static underlying graphics image but not having the cursor located therein is not re-sized.