METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SINGLE TAP GESTURE ADVANCEMENT TO NEXT CONTENT PORTION

1 . A user interface method for single tap gesture advancement, comprising:

displaying a section of a document on a screen of the handheld device;

receiving an input from a user of the handheld device;

interpreting the input as an intention to change and to render a different section of the document; and

rendering the different section of the document.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the screen of the handheld device is a touchscreen.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the document comprises a magazine and the section comprises part of a page of the magazine.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the intention to change causes the rendering of a subsequent section of the document.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the intention to change causes the rendering of an earlier section of the document.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the input from the user comprises a single tap on the screen of the handheld device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the input from the user comprises a single tap on a center portion of the screen and invokes the display of a menu on the screen.

8 . A non-transitory computer readable memory having computer readable code which when executed by a computer system causes the computer system to implement a single tap gesture advancement method on a handheld device, comprising:

displaying a section of a document on a screen of the handheld device;

receiving an input from a user of the handheld device;

interpreting the input as an intention to change and to render a different section of the document; and

rendering the different section of the document.

9 . The computer readable media of claim 8 , wherein the screen of the handheld device is a touchscreen.

10 . The computer readable media of claim 8 , wherein the document comprises a magazine and the section comprises part of a page of the magazine.

11 . The computer readable media of claim 8 , wherein the intention to change causes the rendering of a subsequent section of the document.

12 . The computer readable media of claim 8 , wherein the intention to change causes the rendering of an earlier section of the document.

13 . The computer readable media of claim 8 , wherein the input from the user comprises a single tap on the screen of the handheld device.

14 . The computer readable media of claim 8 , wherein the input from the user comprises a single tap on a center portion of the screen and invokes the display of a menu on the screen.

15 . A handheld device, comprising:

a system memory;

a central processor unit coupled to the system memory; and

a graphics processor unit communicatively coupled to the central processor unit;

and a touchscreen, wherein the central processor unit executes computer readable code and causes the handheld device to implement a method for single tap gesture advancement, comprising:

displaying a section of a document on a screen of the handheld device;

receiving an input from a user of the handheld device;

interpreting the input as an intention to change and to render a different section of the document; and

rendering the different section of the document.

16 . The handheld device of claim 15 , wherein the screen of the handheld device is a touchscreen.

17 . The handheld device of claim 15 , wherein the document comprises a magazine and the section comprises part of a page of the magazine.

18 . The handheld device of claim 15 , wherein the intention to change causes the rendering of a subsequent section of the document.

19 . The handheld device of claim 15 , wherein the intention to change causes the rendering of an earlier section of the document.

20 . The handheld device of claim 15 , wherein the input from the user comprises a single tap on the screen of the handheld device.