Handheld electronic book reader with annotation and usage tracking capabilities
First Claim
1. A method of annotating with a handheld electronic book reader, the method comprising:
- (a) selecting a portion of an electronic document displayed in a handheld electronic book reader in response to user input; and
(b) creating a context for a defined term in the electronic document by associating the selected portion of the electronic document with the defined term.
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Abstract
A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and/or usage tracking capabilities. Support is provided for user creation of “contexts” for defined terms in an electronic document. Moreover, annotation data such as contexts, comments and highlighting may be associated with various users, and displayed in connection with the display of an electronic document so as to indicate that different annotation data has been originated by different users. In addition, from the standpoint of usage tracking, usage statistics for an electronic document displayed in a handheld electronic reader may be generated on a page-by-page basis, and/or in association with term definitions. Moreover, usage statistics for multiple users may be combined and analyzed. Through such analysis, the usage statistics may be used in the conduct of various beneficial actions such as revising an electronic document, revising a lesson plan with which an electronic document is associated, determining whether a user has read a selected portion of an electronic document, or determining whether a user needs supplemental assistance.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of annotating with a handheld electronic book reader, the method comprising:
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(a) selecting a portion of an electronic document displayed in a handheld electronic book reader in response to user input; and
(b) creating a context for a defined term in the electronic document by associating the selected portion of the electronic document with the defined term. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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19. A method of displaying an electronic document on a handheld electronic book reader, the method comprising:
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(a) displaying at least a portion of an electronic document on a handheld electronic book reader; and
(b) displaying in connection with the electronic document first and second annotation data respectively associated with first and second users that created such annotation data, wherein the first and second annotation data is displayed so as to indicate that the first and second annotation data was created by different users. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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24. A method of monitoring usage of an electronic document, the method comprising:
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(a) tracking usage of a handheld electronic book reader by a user when viewing a plurality of pages in an electronic document stored in the handheld electronic book reader; and
(b) for each of the plurality of pages, generating at least one usage statistic associated with that page based upon the tracked usage. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of monitoring usage of an electronic document, the method comprising:
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(a) tracking usage of a handheld electronic book reader by a user when viewing an electronic document stored in the handheld electronic book reader, including tracking user access to at least one term definition stored in the handheld electronic book reader when viewing the electronic document; and
(b) generating at least one usage statistic for the user based upon the tracked usage. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A method of monitoring usage of an electronic document, the method comprising:
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(a) tracking usage of a first handheld electronic book reader by a first user when viewing a first copy of an electronic document stored in the first handheld electronic book reader;
(b) tracking usage of a second electronic book reader by a second user when viewing a second copy of the electronic document stored in the second handheld electronic book reader;
(c) generating at least one usage statistic for each of the first and second users based upon the tracked usages; and
(d) receiving in an analysis computer the usage statistics for the first and second users from the first and second handheld electronic book readers.
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34. A method of monitoring usage of an electronic document, the method comprising:
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(a) tracking usage of a handheld electronic book reader by a user when viewing an electronic document stored in the handheld electronic book reader;
(b) generating at least one usage statistic for the user based upon the tracked usage; and
(c) using the usage statistic to perform at least one of;
(i) revising the electronic document;
(ii) revising a lesson plan with which the electronic document is associated;
(iii) determining whether the user has read a selected portion of the electronic document; and
(iv) determining whether the user needs supplemental assistance.
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