SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ONLINE BOOK SYNOPSIS

• US 20080228590A1
• Filed: 02/21/2008
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Byron Johnson
• Original Assignee: Byron Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, Byron
• Application Number:
  US12/034,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20080228590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13093 Personal computer, PC
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13098 Mobile subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13336 Store & forward, messaging systems email H04Q2213/13375
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13337 Picturephone, videotelephony
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2213/13389 LAN, internet

Abstract

A method and computer program product for providing an online book synopsis include providing an electronic book accessible by a user. A synopsis of one or more portions of the electronic book are generated. The synopsis is made accessible to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing an electronic book accessible by a user;

generating a synopsis of one or more portions of the electronic book; and

making the synopsis accessible to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic book is selected from a user-specific list of electronic books.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more portions of the electronic book are selected from the group consisting of chapters, pages, paragraphs, and lines of text.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more portions of the electronic book include one or more portions of the electronic book selected by the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising saving the synopsis to a user electronic book account.

6. The method of claim 1, further including rendering the synopsis in at least one of an audio or a text based format.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic book is an electronic notebook.

8. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

providing an electronic book accessible by a user;

generating a synopsis of one or more portions of the electronic book; and

making the synopsis accessible to the user.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the electronic book is selected from a user-specific list of electronic books.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the one or more portions of the electronic book are selected from the group consisting of chapters, pages, paragraphs, and lines of text.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the one or more portions of the electronic book include one or more portions of the electronic book selected by the user.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, further including saving the synopsis to a user electronic book account.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, further including rendering the synopsis in at least one of an audio or a text based format.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the electronic book is an electronic notebook.