Method and apparatus for installing and using reference materials in conjunction with reading electronic content
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for publishing a reference book for a computer apparatus having a touch sensitive display, the reference book including a read-only portion being displayable on said display and a writeable portion for receiving annotations configure to facilitate searching of the read-only portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving meta information relating to content of the reference book;
receiving computer readable content being storable in the read-only portion of the reference book; and
converting the meta information and the computer readable content into a computer readable meta portion and the read-only portion to form the reference book.
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Abstract
A system and method for installing and using reference materials in conjunction with reading is disclosed. A user selects an object and indicates that he wants further information on the selected object. A reference window is displayed with the requested information. The user may then continue to navigate the displayed reference window to continue to find more information then quickly return to reading the document containing the original object. The users selections are handled by a reference manager that retrieves selected information based on the user'"'"'s look-up requests. Through the use of header information (which may include meta data), each reference document or book provides information about itself to the reference manager.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for publishing a reference book for a computer apparatus having a touch sensitive display, the reference book including a read-only portion being displayable on said display and a writeable portion for receiving annotations configure to facilitate searching of the read-only portion, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving meta information relating to content of the reference book;
receiving computer readable content being storable in the read-only portion of the reference book; and
converting the meta information and the computer readable content into a computer readable meta portion and the read-only portion to form the reference book. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer readable medium having an electronic reference book thereon, said electronic book being executable for a computer apparatus having a display, comprising:
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a read-only portion being displayable on said display;
a writeable portion for receiving annotations configure to facilitate searching of the read-only portion; and
meta information relating to a content of the electronic reference book in said read-only portion; and
said content being stored in the read-only portion. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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