Patent ID: 7386804

Claim:
A method for controlling and browsing a virtual book, comprising: one of accessing information relating to an electronic book from a removable memory medium and accessing information relating to an electronic book through one of a wired connection, a wireless connection, and Internet; accessing said information via a memory and control device; displaying information on two pages of said electronic book; displaying a left and a right side book thickness, said left and right side book thicknesses corresponding to a respective amount of information within said electronic book before and after said displayed information; displaying a plurality of pages simultaneously flipping in a first direction; controlling a virtual flipping through said electronic book with a wireless remote control device and said memory and control device, said wireless remote control device physically separate from and in communication with the memory and control device; stopping the flipping of some of the plurality of pages simultaneously flipping; and displaying said stopped some of the plurality of pages flipping in an opposite direction from said first direction while displaying a remainder of said plurality of pages simultaneously flipping in said first direction.