Invariant Referencing in Digital Works
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of presenting eBook content on an eBook reader device, the method comprising:
- displaying a portion of the eBook content on a display screen of the eBook reader device under a set of display conditions including a font size and a line spacing; and
providing on the display screen of the eBook reader device one or more invariant location reference identifiers corresponding to the portion of the eBook content displayed on the display screen, the invariant location reference identifiers being separate from the eBook content, such that the eBook content is unaltered by the provision of the location reference identifiers,wherein each invariant location reference identifier is provided along with the corresponding portion of the eBook content, regardless of the display conditions under which the portion of the eBook content is displayed.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method of presenting a digital work includes displaying a portion of the digital work on a display screen under a set of display conditions, and providing one or more invariant location reference identifiers corresponding to the portion of the digital work on the display screen. The invariant location reference identifiers are separate from the digital work, and each invariant location reference identifier is provided along with the corresponding portion of the digital work, regardless of the display conditions under which the portion of the digital work is displayed.
-
Citations
66 Claims
-
1. A method of presenting eBook content on an eBook reader device, the method comprising:
-
displaying a portion of the eBook content on a display screen of the eBook reader device under a set of display conditions including a font size and a line spacing; and providing on the display screen of the eBook reader device one or more invariant location reference identifiers corresponding to the portion of the eBook content displayed on the display screen, the invariant location reference identifiers being separate from the eBook content, such that the eBook content is unaltered by the provision of the location reference identifiers, wherein each invariant location reference identifier is provided along with the corresponding portion of the eBook content, regardless of the display conditions under which the portion of the eBook content is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A method of presenting a digital work comprising text, the method comprising:
-
displaying a portion of the digital work on a display screen under a set of display conditions; and providing on the display screen one or more invariant location reference identifiers corresponding to the portion of the digital work on the display screen, the invariant location reference identifiers being separate from the digital work, wherein each invariant location reference identifier is provided along with the corresponding portion of the digital work, regardless of the display conditions under which the portion of the digital work is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
25. A method of indexing a digital work comprising text, the method comprising:
-
partitioning the digital work into a plurality of segments; generating a plurality of sequential, unique location reference identifiers; and sequentially assigning each segment of the digital work a unique location reference identifier, such that each location reference identifier is uniquely assigned with a corresponding segment of the digital work, regardless of display conditions under which the digital work is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
-
-
43. One or more computer-readable media having stored thereon a data structure, the data structure comprising:
-
a first data field containing a header identifying content of the data structure; a second data field comprising data representing a digital work including text; and a third data field comprising invariant location reference identifiers, each identifier being associated with a location in the digital work, such that when the data structure is read by a computer, each invariant location reference identifier is provided along with the associated portion of the digital work, regardless of display conditions under which the portion of the digital work is displayed by the computer. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
-
-
52. A method of presenting electronic content on an electronic reader device, the method comprising:
-
displaying a portion of the electronic content on a display screen of the electronic reader device under a set of display conditions including a font size and a line spacing; and providing on the display screen of the electronic reader device one or more invariant location reference identifiers corresponding to the portion of the electronic content displayed on the display screen, the invariant location reference identifiers being separate from the electronic content, such that the electronic content is unaltered by the provision of the location reference identifiers, wherein each invariant location reference identifier is provided along with the corresponding portion of the electronic content, regardless of the display conditions under which the portion of the electronic content is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
-
-
60. A method of navigating a digital work comprising text, the method comprising:
-
displaying a reading pane in which content of the digital work can be displayed; presenting a search field for entry of an invariant location reference identifier corresponding to a portion of the digital work content; receiving user input of a an invariant location reference identifier in the search field; and updating the reading pane to display a portion of the digital work content corresponding to the entered invariant location reference identifier in response to user entry of the invariant location reference identifier in the search field, regardless of the display conditions under which the portion of the digital work is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
-
Specification