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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
James R. Werwath, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Kevin N. Wallace, Bartlett, IL (US);
Gregory Johnson, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Michael Gorelik, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
James R. Werwath, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Kevin N. Wallace, Bartlett, IL (US);
Gregory Johnson, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Michael Gorelik, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Novarra, Inc., Itasca, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for accessing information content that enables handheld or mobile device users, for example, to quickly and efficiently navigate images contained within the information content to access other areas of the information content. A user of the handheld device will request and receive information content, such as requesting a web page, for viewing. The user can select a navigation mode to receive a display only of interesting images pertaining to the webpage. The user can then thumb through the images and select an image of interest. The device will then display the portion of the web page associated with the selected image. Thus, the user can select an image to switch the view on the device back to a conventional browser viewing mode, for example.