User interface for presentation of a document

Abstract

A system identifies a document and provides an excerpt page corresponding to the document. The excerpt page includes a page of the document and a set of links to sections of the document. One of the links corresponds to a section containing the page and includes text associated with the link, a next page element to permit a next page in the document to be presented, and a previous page element to permit a previous page in the document to be presented. The next page element and the previous page element are visually associated with the text associated with the link.

1 . A method, comprising: 
 receiving a search query;    identifying a document based on the search query; and    providing an excerpt page corresponding to the document, the excerpt page comprising: 
 a page of the document, and  
 a plurality of links to sections of the document, one of the links corresponding to the page and including text describing the one link, a next page element to permit a next page in the document to be presented, and a previous page element to permit a previous page in the document to be presented, the next page element and the previous page element being visually associated with the text describing the one link.  
   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the page comprises an image of the page.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the page comprises a text version of the page.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the page comprises substantially all text of the page.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the links reference at least two of: 
 a reference page associated with the document,    a copyright page associated with the document,    a table of contents associated with the document,    a page associated with the body of the document, or    an index associated with the document.    
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the page associated with the body of the document comprises a page currently presented within the excerpt page or a page previously presented within the excerpt page.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 receiving selection of one of the links, and    presenting a page associated with the section corresponding to the selected link.    
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising: 
 replacing the selected link with text associated with the selected link.    
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising: 
 providing the next page element and the previous page element in visual association with the text associated with the selected link, the next page element permitting a next page of the document to be presented, the previous page element permitting a previous page of the document to be presented.    
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the next page element visually indicates whether the next page can be presented, and the previous page element visually indicates whether the previous page can be presented.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the next page element visually indicates whether the next page can be presented, and the previous page element visually indicates whether the previous page can be presented.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the links comprise a page link associated with a page within the body of the document that is currently presented in the excerpt page or was previously presented in the excerpt page, the page link identifying the page within the body of the document by page number.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the document comprises a scanned document.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the document comprises one of a book, a magazine, or a catalog.  
   
   
       15 . A graphical user interface embodied in a computer-readable medium, comprising: 
 an image of a page from a document;    a first link to a first section of the document; and    text associated with a second link to a second section of the document, the page being included in the second section of the document, a next page element and a previous page element being visually associated with the text associated with the second link, the next page element permitting an image of a next page from the document to be presented and the previous page element permitting an image of a previous page from the document to be presented.    
   
   
       16 . The graphical user interface of  claim 15 , wherein the second link comprises one of: 
 a link to a reference page associated with the document,    a link to a copyright page associated with the document,    a link to a table of contents associated with the document,    a link to a page within the body of the document, or    a link to an index associated with the document.    
   
   
       17 . The graphical user interface of  claim 15 , wherein the text associated with the second link is visually distinguished with regard to the first link.  
   
   
       18 . The graphical user interface of  claim 15 , wherein the image of the page comprises substantially all text of the page.  
   
   
       19 . The graphical user interface of  claim 15 , wherein the second link comprises one of: 
 a link to a reference page associated with the document,    a link to a copyright page associated with the document,    a link to a table of contents associated with the document, or    a link to an index associated with the document; and    wherein the first link comprises a link to a page within the body of the document that was previously presented within the graphical user interface, the first link identifying the page within the body of the document by page number.    
   
   
       20 . The graphical user interface of  claim 15 , wherein the first link comprises one of: 
 a link to a reference page associated with the document,    a link to a copyright page associated with the document,    a link to a table of contents associated with the document, or    a link to an index associated with the document; and    wherein the second link comprises a link to a page within the body of the document that is currently presented within the graphical user interface, the text associated with the second link identifying the page within the body of the document by page number.    
   
   
       21 . The graphical user interface of  claim 15 , wherein the next page element visually indicates whether the next page can be presented, and the previous page element visually indicates whether the previous page can be presented.  
   
   
       22 . The graphical user interface of  claim 15 , wherein the document comprises a scanned document.  
   
   
       23 . The graphical user interface of  claim 15 , wherein the document comprises one of a book, a magazine, or a catalog.  
   
   
       24 . A system, comprising: 
 means for identifying a document; and    means for providing an excerpt page corresponding to the document, the excerpt page comprising: 
 a page of the document, and  
 a plurality of links to sections of the documents, one of the links corresponding to a section containing the page and including text associated with the link, a next page element to permit a next page in the document to be presented, and a previous page element to permit a previous page in the document to be presented, the next page element and the previous page element being visually associated with the text associated with the link.  
   
   
   
       25 . A method, comprising: 
 identifying a document; and    providing an excerpt page corresponding to the document, the excerpt page comprising: 
 a page of the document, the page being associated with one of a reference page, a copyright page, a table of contents, or an index associated with the document, and  
 a plurality of links to sections of the documents, one of the links corresponding to one of the reference page, the copyright page, the table of contents, or the index, another one of the links corresponding to a page within the body of the document that was previously presented within the excerpt page and identifying the page within the body of the document by page number.  
   
   
   
       26 . A graphical user interface embodied in a computer-readable medium, comprising: 
 an excerpt window that presents a page from a document;    a first link corresponding to a copyright page associated with the document, selection of the first link causing an image of the copyright page to be presented in the excerpt window;    a second link corresponding to a table of contents associated with the document, selection of the second link causing an image of a page of the table of contents to be presented in the excerpt window;    a third link corresponding to an index associated with the document, selection of the third link causing an image of a page of the index to be presented in the excerpt window; and    a fourth link corresponding to a page within the body of the document, the fourth link identifying the page within the body of the document by page number, selection of the fourth link causing an image of the page within the body of the document to be presented in the excerpt window.    
   
   
       27 . The graphical user interface of  claim 26 , further comprising: 
 a next page element visually associated with one of the first, second, third, or fourth link, the next page element permitting a next page to be presented in the excerpt window; and    a previous page element visually associated with the one of the first, second, third, or fourth link, the previous page element permitting a previous page to be presented in the excerpt window.    
   
   
       28 . The graphical user interface of  claim 27 , wherein the next page element visually indicates whether the next page can be presented, and the previous page element visually indicates whether the previous page can be presented.  
   
   
       29 . A computer-readable medium that contains computer-executable instructions, comprising: 
 instructions for providing an excerpt window that presents a page from a document;    instructions for providing a first link corresponding to one of a copyright page, a table of contents, or an index;    instructions for providing a second link corresponding to a page within the body of the document, the second link identifying the page within the body of the document by page number;    instructions for presenting an image corresponding to one of the copyright page, the table of contents, or the index in the excerpt window when the first link is selected; and    instructions for presenting an image of the page within the body of the document in the excerpt window when the second link is selected.