Claims
- 1. A method of displaying a document, comprising:
displaying a thumbnail having at least one first selectable element, the thumbnail as a whole being selectable and having an original document as a first associated destination, and the at least one first selectable element having, as a second associated destination, one of (a) a portion of the original document, smaller than the original document as a whole and (b) a document other than the original document; receiving a selection of one of (a) the thumbnail as a whole and (b) the at least one first selectable element; and accessing one of the first associated destination and the second associated destination, based on the selection.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the original document is a document portion not uniquely associated with any selectable element provided in the original document.
- 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the original document is an arbitrary portion of the original document accessible by selection of a second selectable element provided in the original document.
- 4. A method of displaying a document, comprising:
displaying a thumbnail associated with an original document and having at least one first selectable element, each at least one first selectable element having, as an associated destination, one of (a) an arbitrary portion of the original document accessible by selection of a second selectable element provided in the original document and (b) a document other than the original document; receiving a selection of one of the at least one first selectable element; and directly accessing the associated destination based on the selection.
- 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the thumbnail is an enhanced thumbnail having at least one element with a modified appearance relative to an appearance of a corresponding element in the original document.
- 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the at least one element with a modified appearance is the at least one first selectable element.
- 7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the document other than the original document is accessible by selection of a third selectable element provided in the original document.
- 8. The method according to claim 4, wherein the at least one first selectable element is a visibly discrete element.
- 9. A method of displaying a document, comprising:
displaying an enhanced thumbnail associated with an original document and having at least one first selectable element, the enhanced thumbnail having at least one element with a modified appearance relative to an appearance of a corresponding element in the original document, each at least one first selectable element having, as an associated destination, a portion of the original document, smaller than the original document and not uniquely associated with any selectable element provided in the original document; receiving a selection of one of the at least one first selectable element; and directly accessing the associated destination based on the selection.
- 10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the at least one element with a modified appearance is the at least one first selectable element.
- 11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the at least one first selectable element is not a visibly discrete element.
- 12. A system for displaying a document, comprising:
a display device; and a controller that:
displays a thumbnail having at least one first selectable element, the thumbnail as a whole being selectable and having an original document as a first associated destination, and the at least one first selectable element having, as a second associated destination, one of (a) a portion of the original document, smaller than the original document as a whole and (b) a document other than the original document; receives a selection of one of (a) the thumbnail as a whole and (b) the at least one first selectable element; and accesses one of the first associated destination and the second associated destination, based on the selection.
- 13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the portion of the original document is a document portion not uniquely associated with any selectable element provided in the original document.
- 14. The system according to claim 12, wherein the portion of the original document is an arbitrary portion of the original document accessible by selection of a second selectable element provided in the original document.
- 15. A system for displaying a document, comprising:
a display device; and a controller that:
displays a thumbnail associated with an original document and having at least one first selectable element, each at least one first selectable element having, as an associated destination, one of (a) an arbitrary portion of the original document accessible by selection of a second selectable element provided in the original document and (b) a document other than the original document; receives a selection of one of the at least one first selectable element; and directly accesses the associated destination based on the selection.
- 16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the thumbnail is an enhanced thumbnail having at least one element with a modified appearance relative to an appearance of a corresponding element in the original document.
- 17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the at least one element with a modified appearance is the at least one first selectable element.
- 18. The system according to claim 15, wherein the document other than the original document is accessible by selection of a third selectable element provided in the original document.
- 19. The system according to claim 15, wherein the at least one first selectable element is a visibly discrete element.
- 20. A system for displaying a document, comprising:
a display device; and a controller that:
displays an enhanced thumbnail associated with an original document and having at least one first selectable element, the enhanced thumbnail having at least one element with a modified appearance relative to an appearance of a corresponding element in the original document, each at least one first selectable element having, as an associated destination, a portion of the original document, smaller than the original document and not uniquely associated with any selectable element provided in the original document; receives a selection of one of the at least one first selectable element; and directly accesses the associated destination based on the selection.
- 21. The system according to claim 20, wherein the at least one element with a modified appearance is the at least one first selectable element.
- 22. The system according to claim 20, wherein the at least one first selectable element is not a visibly discrete element.
- 23. An information storage medium on which is recorded a program for implementing the steps of claim 1.
- 24. An information storage medium on which is recorded a program for implementing the steps of claim 4.
- 25. An information storage medium on which is recorded a program for implementing the steps of claim 9.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This non-provisional application is related to co-pending non-provisional applications by the same inventors, entitled “METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED THUMBNAILS”, “METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITITIONING BETWEEN THUMBNAILS AND DOCUMENTS BASED UPON THUMBNAIL APPEARANCE” and “METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED THUMBNAILS USABLE FOR DOCUMENT NAVIGATION”, all filed on even date herewith and identified by Attorney Docket Nos. 108762, 110268 and 110338, respectively.