SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR E-BOOK READING PROGRESS INDICATOR AND INVOCATION THEREOF
Displaying e-book reading progress in a non-intrusive manner based on an exit action of a user. The exit action is received with regard to a last-read page of e-book content displayed, the e-book content being paginated in accordance with a series of digitally constructed pages including a start page and an end page. The last-read page is interposed between the start and end pages. An indicium of the e-book pages is displayed, with demarcation of a finished portion from an unfinished portion of the content.
1 . A method executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device further including a memory storing instructions and a display screen, the method comprising:
receiving an exit action at a last-read page of e-book content displayed, the e-book content being paginated in accordance with a series of digitally constructed pages including a start page and an end page, the last-read page interposed between the start and end pages;
displaying an indicium of the series of pages; and
demarcating, within the indicium, a finished portion from an unfinished portion of the content, the finished portion ranging from the start page through the last-read page and the unfinished portion ranging from last-read page through the end page.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the indicium is provided with an image representing a cover of the e-book.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the finished portion is displayed in proportion to the unfinished portion according to the series of digitally constructed pages contained respectively therein.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein finished portion is demarcated from the unfinished portion in accordance with a visual discontinuity.
5 . The method of claim 4 wherein the discontinuity is a transition in one of: a color, a brightness and a shading.
6 . The method of claim 4 wherein the visual discontinuity comprises a spatial gap between the finished and unfinished portions of the e-book content.
7 . The method of claim 4 wherein the visual discontinuity comprises a transition from a static image to a pulsating image.
8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the exit action comprises a bookmark action performed on the last-read page of the e-book content.
9 . The method of claim 8 wherein the display screen is a touch screen and the bookmark action is performed via a touch action upon the last-read page.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the exit action consists of one of: closing the e-book, returning to a library view, opening an application unrelated to reading the content of the e-book and switching the computing device to an off-state.
11 . A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for a computing device, the computing device including a processor, a memory and a display screen, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the computing device to perform operations that include:
receiving an exit action at a last-read page of e-book content displayed, the e-book content being paginated in accordance with a series of digitally constructed pages including a start page and an end page, the last-read page interposed between the start and end pages;
displaying an indicium of the series of pages; and
demarcating, within the indicium, a finished portion from an unfinished portion of the content, the finished portion ranging from the start page through the last-read page and the unfinished portion ranging from last-read page through the end page.
12 . A computing device comprising:
a memory that stores a set of instructions;
a display screen;
a processor that access the instructions in memory, the processor further configured to:
receive an exit action at a last-read page of e-book content displayed, the e-book content being paginated in accordance with a series of digitally constructed pages including a start page and an end page, the last-read page interposed between the start and end pages;
display an indicium of the series of pages; and
demarcate, within the indicium, a finished portion from an unfinished portion of the content, the finished portion ranging from the start page through the last-read page and the unfinished portion ranging from last-read page through the end page.
13 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the indicium is provided with an image representing a cover of the e-book.
14 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the finished portion is displayed in proportion to the unfinished portion according to the series of digitally constructed pages contained respectively therein.
15 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the finished portion is demarcated from the unfinished portion in accordance with a visual discontinuity.
16 . The computing device of claim 15 wherein the discontinuity is a transition in one of: a color, a brightness and a shading.
17 . The computing device of claim 15 wherein the visual discontinuity comprises a spatial gap between the finished and unfinished portions of the e-book content.
18 . The computing device of claim 15 wherein the visual discontinuity comprises a transition from a static image to a pulsating image.
19 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the exit action comprises a bookmark action performed on the last-read page of the e-book content.
20 . The computing device of claim 19 wherein the display screen is a touch screen and the bookmark action is performed via a touch action upon the last-read page.
21 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the exit action consists of one of: closing the e-book, returning to a library view, opening an application unrelated to reading the content of the e-book and switching the computing device to an off-state.