Method and system for digital publication of electronic information
First Claim
1. A method for providing a page of electronic content for a digital magazine, comprising:
- selecting a page template from a plurality of available page templates, the page template including a first portion for displaying a micro-article and a second portion for displaying one or more electronic advertisements and a third portion for displaying a persistent navigation bar;
providing instructions for dynamically generating and displaying a micro-article in the first portion of the page template, wherein a length of a micro-article includes a pre-determined number of display screens from a total number of available display screens determining a length for the digital magazine;
providing instructions for dynamically generating and displaying one or more electronic advertisements in the second portion of the page template;
providing instructions for dynamically generating and displaying a persistent navigation bar in a third portion of the page template;
wherein the first, second and third portions of each page template are dynamically generated and displayed when selected to fit a display screen on a network device with no zooming or scrolling required regardless of a type of display screen on the network device on which the plurality of pages of electronic content is dynamically displayed.
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Abstract
A method and system for digital publication of electronic information. A digital publication is provided including plural page templates with instructions to generate and display a micro-article, one or more electronic advertisements and a persistent navigation bar. Plural pages are dynamically generated and displayed from the plural page templates to fit a display screen with no zooming or scrolling required regardless of a type of display screen used. The method and system also allow the digital publication to include one or more electronic links with a unique identifier for a known subscriber with contact information recorded in a first database (e.g., for a print publication) to identify the known subscriber to record use of the information from digital publication.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for providing a page of electronic content for a digital magazine, comprising:
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selecting a page template from a plurality of available page templates, the page template including a first portion for displaying a micro-article and a second portion for displaying one or more electronic advertisements and a third portion for displaying a persistent navigation bar;
providing instructions for dynamically generating and displaying a micro-article in the first portion of the page template, wherein a length of a micro-article includes a pre-determined number of display screens from a total number of available display screens determining a length for the digital magazine;
providing instructions for dynamically generating and displaying one or more electronic advertisements in the second portion of the page template;
providing instructions for dynamically generating and displaying a persistent navigation bar in a third portion of the page template;
wherein the first, second and third portions of each page template are dynamically generated and displayed when selected to fit a display screen on a network device with no zooming or scrolling required regardless of a type of display screen on the network device on which the plurality of pages of electronic content is dynamically displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for presenting a digital magazine, comprising:
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receiving a request for a digital magazine on a server from a network device over a communications network;
retrieving a plurality of page templates on the server, the plurality of page templates including a first portion for displaying a micro-article and a second portion for displaying one or more electronic advertisements and a third portion for displaying a persistent navigation bar; and
sending a digital magazine from the server over the communications network to the network device in response to the request, the digital magazine including a plurality of pages for which electronic content is dynamically generated and displayed, wherein each page of the digital magazine includes a page template from plurality of page templates with a selected one of the plurality of micro-articles in a first portion of the page template and one or more selected ones of the plurality of electronic advertisements in a second portion of the page template and the persistent navigation bar in a third portion of the page template, wherein a length of a micro-article includes a pre-determined number of display screens from a total number of available display screens determining a length for the digital magazine, and wherein the first, second and third portions of each page template are dynamically generated and displayed when selected to fit a display screen on the network device with no zooming or scrolling required regardless of a type of display screen on the network device on which the plurality of pages of electronic content is dynamically displayed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for automatically registering use of a digital publication, comprising:
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providing a digital publication from a server over a communications network to a network device for a known subscriber to a first publication with contact information recorded in a first database, wherein the digital publication includes one or more electronic links with a unique identifier for the known subscriber to identify the known subscriber to record use of the information from digital publication;
receiving a selection input from the network device over the communications network for selection of an electronic link in the digital publication including the unique identifier for the known subscriber; and
storing the unique identifier to record use of the information from digital publication from the known subscriber, thereby automatically linking information for the known subscriber for the first publication in the first database to information for the digital publication. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for tracking use of a digital publication, comprising:
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providing a digital publication from a server over a communications network to a network device for a known subscriber to a first publication with contact information recorded in a first database, wherein the digital publication includes one or more electronic links with a unique identifier for the known subscriber to identify the known subscriber to record use of the information from digital publication;
receiving a selection input from the network device over the communications network for selection of an electronic link in the digital publication including the unique identifier for the known subscriber, wherein the selection input requests additional electronic content from the server; and
sending a message to the network device indicating that the server will send the additional electronic content from the server in exchange for making contact information from the first database available to one or more third parties associated with the electronic link, wherein the contact information from the first database is made available to the one or more third-parties once and is not recorded by the one or more third-parties. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A digital publication system, comprising in combination:
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a plurality of micro-articles, wherein a length of a micro-article includes a pre-determined number of display screens from a total number of available display screens determining a length for a digital publication;
a plurality of electronic advertisements;
a persistent navigation bar;
a plurality of page templates for a digital publication, including instructions for dynamically generating and displaying a micro-article in a first portion of the page template, instructions for dynamically generating and displaying one or more text electronic advertisements in a second portion of the page template, and instructions for dynamically generating and displaying a persistent navigation bar in a third portion of the page template, wherein the first, second and third portions of each page template are dynamically generated and displayed when selected to fit a display screen on a network device with no zooming or scrolling required regardless of a type of display screen on the network device on which the plurality of pages of electronic content is dynamically displayed, and wherein the digital publication is provided from a server over a communications network to the network device for a known subscriber to a first publication with contact information recorded in a first database, wherein the digital publication includes one or more electronic links with a unique identifier for the known subscriber to identify the known subscriber to record use of the information from digital publication.
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