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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Applicant:
John T. Kim, La Canada, CA (US);
Inventor:
John T. Kim, La Canada, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 15/0291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user interface for a touch-screen display of an electronic book reader device is described. The user interface facilitates chapter navigation among the various chapters in digital content items, such as electronic books, in response to use input via the touch-screen display. Multiple techniques for navigating chapters include actuating a chapter navigation control, selecting a portion of a progress indicator depicted on the touch-screen display, and detecting patterns of multi-directional strokes made on the touch-screen display.