Reading material suggestions based on reading behavior

• US 10,216,825 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ionkov, George M., Harding, Dennis H., Dykstra, Aaron James, Grit, Laura Ellen, Petts, James C., Minter, Samuel A., Fowler, Lindsey Christina, Xi, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Utama, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US14/323,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20140324832A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,699 Days
• Field of Search: 434156-157, 434178-179, 434189, 434184, 434262
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 17/00 Teaching reading teaching lip-reading G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers

Abstract

A user device displays portions of an electronic publication for a user to read. The user device tracks the user'"'"'s reading behavior of the portions of the electronic publication. The user device then suggests additional reading material for the user based on the user'"'"'s reading behavior.

Claims

1. A user device comprising:

a display;

a data store to store an electronic publication;

an optical sensor; and

a processor, connected to the display and the data store, the processor to;

display passages of the electronic publication on the display;

determine a duration of time that the passages of the electronic publication were displayed;

track eye movement of a user using the optical sensor while displaying the passages on the display;

determine a user behavior based at least in part on the duration of time that the passages of the electronic publication were displayed and at least in part on the eye movement;

determine additional reading material based on the user behavior and content included in one or more of the displayed passages; and

provide a suggestion of the additional reading material.

2. A user device comprising:

a display;

a data store to store an electronic publication;

at least one of a touch sensor, a proximity sensor or a motion sensor; and

a processor, connected to the display and the data store, the processor to;

display passages of the electronic publication on the display;

determine a duration of time that the passages of the electronic publication were displayed;

determine that no page turn command has been received within a time period;

make a determination that the user device is not held by a user based on data from at least one of the touch sensor, the proximity sensor or the motion sensor;

responsive to the determination, determine a particular passage that is displayed and subtract a value from a duration of time that the particular passage has been displayed;

determine a user behavior based at least in part on the duration of time that the passages of the electronic publication were displayed;

determine additional reading material based on the user behavior and content included in one or more of the displayed passages; and

provide a suggestion of the additional reading material.

3. A computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

providing, by the processor, a passage of an electronic publication to a user of a user device;

providing a new passage of the electronic publication to the user of the user device responsive to receiving a change page command;

determining, by the processor, a rate of consumption of the electronic publication for the user based at least in part on the passage and a timing of the change page command;

making a determination as to whether the user device is being held by the user based on sensor data from at least one of a touch sensor, a motion sensor or a proximity sensor; and

adjusting the determined rate of consumption based on the determination as to whether the user device is being held.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein determining the rate of consumption of the electronic publication comprises determining an average reading speed of the user.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 3, the operations further comprising:

determining a reading speed for the passage of the electronic publication; and

determining a difficulty of the passage based on a comparison of the reading speed for the passage to an average reading speed of the user.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein the reading speed for the passage is determined based on tracking an amount of time that the passage is displayed by the user device.