HANDHELD ELECTRONIC BOOK READER WITH ANNOTATION AND USAGE TRACKING CAPABILITIES
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor; and
program code configured upon execution by the at least one processor to monitor usage of an electronic document by;
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, wherein the user is a student, and wherein the electronic document includes educational material from a reading assignment that has been assigned to the student;
for each of the plurality of pages, generating at least one usage statistic associated with that page based upon the tracked usage;
using the usage statistic to determine whether the student has read the reading assignment; and
determining whether to revise at least one of the electronic document and a lesson plan with which the electronic document is associated based upon the usage statistic.
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Abstract
A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and/or usage tracking capabilities. Users may create “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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10 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and program code configured upon execution by the at least one processor to monitor usage of an electronic document by; 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, wherein the user is a student, and wherein the electronic document includes educational material from a reading assignment that has been assigned to the student; for each of the plurality of pages, generating at least one usage statistic associated with that page based upon the tracked usage; using the usage statistic to determine whether the student has read the reading assignment; and determining whether to revise at least one of the electronic document and a lesson plan with which the electronic document is associated based upon the usage statistic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and program code configured upon execution by the at least one processor to monitor usage of an electronic document by; 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; generating at least one usage statistic for the user based upon the tracked usage, wherein tracking user access to at least one term definition includes tracking how many times the user views the term definition; and determining whether to revise at least one of the electronic document and a lesson plan with which the electronic document is associated based upon the usage statistic. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A program product, comprising:
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a recordable computer readable medium; and program code stored on the recordable computer readable medium and configured upon execution to monitor usage of an electronic document by; 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; 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; generating at least one usage statistic for each of the first and second users based upon the tracked usages; receiving in an analysis computer the usage statistics for the first and second users from the first and second handheld electronic book readers; and using the usage statistics for the first and second users to revise at least one of the electronic document and a lesson plan with which the electronic document is associated, wherein the electronic document comprises educational material, and wherein the first and second users are students assigned to read the educational material.
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10. A program product, comprising:
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a recordable computer readable medium; and program code stored on the recordable computer readable medium and configured upon execution to monitor usage of an electronic document by; tracking usage of a handheld electronic book reader by a user when viewing an electronic document stored in the handheld electronic book reader, wherein the user is a student, and wherein the electronic document comprises educational material assigned to the student; generating at least one usage statistic for the user based upon the tracked usage; using the usage statistic to determine whether the user needs supplemental assistance with the educational material; and determining whether to revise at least one of the electronic document and a lesson plan with which the electronic document is associated based upon the usage statistic.
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