System and method for the delivery of electronic books
First Claim
1. A computer-readable-medium-electronic-book assembly, comprising:
- a) a pre-recorded audio narration file of substantially an entire book stored on a single computer readable medium;
b) an electronic text file of substantially the entire book stored on said computer readable medium;
c) a synchronization file linking time signatures of the pre-recorded audio narration with locations in the electronic text stored on said computer readable medium;
d) a reader program adapted to cause a computer to display text of the book, to play the pre-recorded audio narration of the book, and to allow a user to link there-between as desired using the linking file stored on said computer readable medium;
e) an automatic installation program to automatically install the reader software upon placement of the computer readable medium within a computer stored on said computer readable medium;
a container housing said computer readable medium, said container having a picture that is visible from a front surface thereof that is substantially the same as that on a hard-cover copy of the book, and having a spine from which is visible a title of the book and/or the author'"'"'s name.
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Abstract
An electronic book on a computer readable medium, e.g., a CD or the like, has “real-life” pre-recorded audio (preferably, in MP3 format) and visual text (preferably, in RTF format) seamlessly linked together via a linking file (preferably, in XML format) such that a reader can switch back and forth “at will” between visually reading on a computer display screen and/or listening to the book being read aloud by an actual narrator. The computer readable medium includes a reader program installed thereon and an automatic installation program. A novel process for creating the electronic book includes a creator program that may have a similar graphical user interface to the reader program. The electronic book may combine advantages of physical hard-cover books with new e-reading functionality developed by the present inventor.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-readable-medium-electronic-book assembly, comprising:
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a) a pre-recorded audio narration file of substantially an entire book stored on a single computer readable medium;
b) an electronic text file of substantially the entire book stored on said computer readable medium;
c) a synchronization file linking time signatures of the pre-recorded audio narration with locations in the electronic text stored on said computer readable medium;
d) a reader program adapted to cause a computer to display text of the book, to play the pre-recorded audio narration of the book, and to allow a user to link there-between as desired using the linking file stored on said computer readable medium;
e) an automatic installation program to automatically install the reader software upon placement of the computer readable medium within a computer stored on said computer readable medium;
a container housing said computer readable medium, said container having a picture that is visible from a front surface thereof that is substantially the same as that on a hard-cover copy of the book, and having a spine from which is visible a title of the book and/or the author'"'"'s name. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable-medium-electronic-book created by a process comprising:
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a) obtaining a raw audio recording file of a human narration of a book;
b) audio editing the audio file;
c) segmenting the audio file;
d) converting the segmented files into a compressed format;
e) obtaining an electronic format text version of said book;
f) separating the text version of the book into multiple documents;
g) using a creator program at an editor'"'"'s station;
playing the audio obtained in step e);
concurrently viewing text obtained in step g);
creating a synchronization file linking the audio and text files;
h) publishing the audio files from step d), the electronic text documents of step f), the synchronization file of step g), along with a reader program and an automatic installation program to a computer readable medium so as to create a computer-readable-medium-electronic-book.
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