METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR E-BOOK START-READING INTERFACE

1 . A method executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device further including a memory storing instructions and a display screen having touch sensing functionality, the method comprising:

accessing an e-book stored in the memory, the e-book having digitally constructed pages arranged in an ordered sequence of a cover page, a cluster of precursor pages and a set of substantive-content pages;

receiving a page transition event at the cover page displayed on the display screen; and

in response to the page transition event, transitioning past the cluster of precursor pages to display a first page of the set of substantive-content pages in replacement of the cover page at the display screen.

2 . The method of claim 1 , whereupon accessing the e-book in memory, presenting a notification at the display screen that the e-book is identified as having a cluster of precursor pages.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein the notification further solicits performance of an assent action at the display screen prior to transitioning past the cluster of precursor pages.

4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the cluster of precursor pages is identified from metadata of the e-book as electronically published.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the page transition event comprises a touch event.

6 . The method of claim 5 wherein the touch event is one of: a swipe, a long press, a multi-point tap, and a series of taps.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the cluster of precursor pages consists of at least one of: a title page, an epigraph, a biographical page, a table of contents, a book review page, a dedication page, a foreword, an acknowledgement page, an introduction page, and a copyright notice.

8 . The method of claim 7 wherein the first page of the set of substantive-content pages is entitled Chapter 1.

9 . The method of claim 1 wherein the step of transitioning past the cluster of precursor pages is performed only if a start-reading device setting is enabled.

10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the page transition event accomplishes a single page transition when enacted at one of: a precursor page in the cluster of precursor pages and a substantive-content page within the set of substantive-content pages.

11 . A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for a computing device, the computing device including a processor, a memory and a display screen having touch sensing functionality, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the computing device to perform operations that include:

accessing an e-book stored in the memory, the e-book having digitally constructed pages arranged in an ordered sequence of a cover page, a cluster of precursor pages and a set of substantive-content pages;

receiving a page transition event at the cover page displayed on the display screen; and

in response to the page transition event, transitioning past the cluster of precursor pages to display a first page of the set of substantive-content pages in replacement of the cover page at the display screen.

12 . A computing device comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions;

a display screen having touch sensing functionality;

a processor that access the instructions in memory, the processor further configured to:

access an e-book stored in the memory, the e-book having digitally constructed pages arranged in an ordered sequence of a cover page, a cluster of precursor pages and a set of substantive-content pages;

receive a page transition event at the cover page displayed on the display screen; and

in response to the page transition event, transition past the cluster of precursor pages to display a first page of the set of substantive-content pages in replacement of the cover page at the display screen.

13 . The computing device of claim 12 whereupon accessing the e-book in memory, presenting a notification at the display screen that the e-book is identified as having a cluster of precursor pages.

14 . The computing device of claim 13 wherein the notification further solicits performance of an assent action at the display screen prior to transitioning past the cluster of precursor pages.

15 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the cluster of precursor pages is identified from metadata of the e-book as electronically published.

16 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the page transition event comprises a touch event.

17 . The computing device of claim 16 wherein the touch event is one of: a swipe, a long press, a multi-point tap, and a series of taps.

18 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the cluster of precursor pages consists of at least one of: a title page, a biographical page, a table of contents page, a book review page, a dedication page, a foreword page, an acknowledgement page, an epigraph page, an introduction page, and a copyright page.

19 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the step of transitioning past the cluster of precursor pages is performed only if a start-reading device setting is enabled.

20 . The computing device of claim 12 wherein the page transition event accomplishes a single page transition when enacted at one of: a precursor page in the cluster of precursor pages and a substantive-content page within the set of substantive-content pages.