Interactive content for digital books
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1. A method of presenting a glossary in a digital book, the method comprising:
- receiving user input selecting text corresponding to particular content displayed at a particular location within digital book;
displaying, in response to receiving user input selecting text, an interactive glossary interface, the glossary interface including a plurality of glossary terms, each associated with the text shown in the particular content displayed at the particular location within the digital book;
receiving, at the interactive glossary interface, user input identifying a particular one of the plurality of glossary terms at the particular location within the digital book; and
displaying in the interactive glossary interface, in response to the obtaining user input identifying the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms, a glossary term definition of the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms and a list citing locations, other than the particular location, within the digital book where the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms is additionally recited within the digital book.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface (GUI) is presented that allows a user to view and interact with content embedded in a digital book, such as text, image galleries, multimedia presentations, video, HTML, animated and static diagrams, charts, tables, visual dictionaries, review questions, three-dimensional (3D) animation and any other known media content, and various touch gestures can be used by the user to move through images and multimedia presentations, play video, answer review questions, manipulate three-dimensional objects, and interact with HTML.
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1. A method of presenting a glossary in a digital book, the method comprising:
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receiving user input selecting text corresponding to particular content displayed at a particular location within digital book; displaying, in response to receiving user input selecting text, an interactive glossary interface, the glossary interface including a plurality of glossary terms, each associated with the text shown in the particular content displayed at the particular location within the digital book; receiving, at the interactive glossary interface, user input identifying a particular one of the plurality of glossary terms at the particular location within the digital book; and displaying in the interactive glossary interface, in response to the obtaining user input identifying the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms, a glossary term definition of the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms and a list citing locations, other than the particular location, within the digital book where the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms is additionally recited within the digital book. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for presenting a glossary in a digital book, comprising:
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one or more processors; memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured for storing instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, performs operations comprising; receiving user input selecting text corresponding to particular content displayed at a particular location within a digital book; displaying, in response to receiving user input selecting text, an interactive glossary interface, the glossary interface including a plurality of glossary terms, each associated with the text shown in the particular content displayed at the particular location within the digital book; receiving, at the interactive glossary interface, user input identifying a particular one of the plurality of glossary terms at the particular location within the digital book; and displaying in the interactive glossary interface, in response to the obtaining user input identifying the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms, a glossary term definition of the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms and a list citing locations, other than the particular location, within the digital book where the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms is additionally recited within the digital book. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program storage device, readable by a programmable control device, comprising instructions stored thereon for causing the programmable control device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving user input selecting text corresponding to particular content displayed at a particular location within a digital book; displaying, in response to receiving user input selecting text, an interactive glossary interface, the glossary interface including a plurality of glossary terms, each associated with the text shown in the particular content displayed at the particular location within the digital book; receiving, at the interactive glossary interface, user input identifying a particular one of the plurality of glossary terms at the particular location within the digital book; and displaying in the interactive glossary interface, in response to the obtaining user input identifying the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms, a glossary term definition of the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms and a list citing locations, other than the particular location, within the digital book where the particular one of the plurality of glossary terms is additionally recited within the digital book. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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