Claims
- 1. A method of displaying a document associated with a thumbnail generated based on an original document, comprising:
displaying the thumbnail; receiving a request to display a document associated with the thumbnail; displaying a first version of the document, at least a portion of the first version being more similar in appearance to a corresponding portion of the thumbnail than a corresponding portion of the original document.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a second version of the document in which a portion corresponding to the at least a portion of the first version is more similar to the corresponding portion of the original document.
- 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second version is substantially identical to the original document.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the corresponding portion of the thumbnail comprises an element modified during generation of the thumbnail.
- 5. An information storage medium on which is recorded a program for implementing the steps of claim 1.
- 6. An apparatus for displaying a document associated with a thumbnail image created based on an original document, comprising:
a display device; and a controller that:
displays the thumbnail image via the display device; receives a request to display a document associated with the thumbnail image; displays a first version of the document via the display device, at least a portion of the first version being more similar in appearance to a corresponding portion of the thumbnail than a corresponding portion of the original document.
- 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the controller further displays, via the display device, a second version of the document in which a portion corresponding to the at least a portion of the first version is more similar to the corresponding portion of the original document.
- 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second version is substantially identical to the original document.
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 DOCUMENT NAVIGATION USING ENHANCED THUMBNAILS” and “METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED THUMBNAILS USABLE FOR DOCUMENT NAVIGATION”, all filed on even date herewith and identified by Ser. Nos. ______ Attorney Docket Nos. 108762, 110269 and 110338, respectively.