Computer user interface system and method

Abstract

A computer user interface system and method arranges a set of information hosted on a computer into a set of books, where each book includes a subset of the set of information, labels each book with a respective portion of the subset of the set of information, and selects a book from the set of books. Selecting the book from the set of books includes steps of displaying the respective portions of the books as a book document image that includes pages which correspond to the respective portions of the books, generating a command for moving through the pages, displaying an animated image of the pages of the book document being at least one of flipped, scrolled, slid and flashed images, and selecting the book when a selected one of the pages containing a selection portion of the book is earlier displayed.

1 . A computer user interface method, comprising the steps of: 
 arranging a set of information hosted on a computer into a set of books, each book comprising a subset of said set of information;    labeling each book with a respective portion of said subset of said set of information; and    selecting a book from the set of books, said selecting step comprising, 
 displaying said respective portions of said books as a book document image comprising pages, said pages corresponding to said respective portions of said books,  
 generating a command for moving through said pages,  
 displaying an animated image of said pages of said book document being at least one of flipped, scrolled, slid and flashed, and  
 selecting said book when a selected one of said pages containing a selection portion of said book is displayed in said displaying step.