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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
May. 23, 2008
Timothy A. Meserth, Durham, NC (US);
Mark E. Molander, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas J. Sluchak, Apex, NC (US);
Jeffrey J. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
David T. Wendell, Raleigh, NC (US);
Timothy A. Meserth, Durham, NC (US);
Mark E. Molander, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas J. Sluchak, Apex, NC (US);
Jeffrey J. Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
David T. Wendell, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for providing navigational control of paginated electronic information, includes: 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 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 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 virtually in navigational software, or physically with a series of elevations or ridges that interface with the navigational software; and the level of resistance varies in response to the paginated information.