ELECTRONIC BOOK WITH INFORMATION MANIPULATION FEATURES

• US 20110047495A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1993
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adrea LLC (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Adrea LLC (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hendricks, John S.
• Application Number:
  US12/915,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20110047495A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47805 Electronic banking banking in general G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

An electronic book having various features for manipulating text or other information. The subscriber may highlight, cut and paste, copy and paste, and annotate information within an electronic book. A multiple page view feature permits the subscriber to simultaneously view any plurality of pages of an electronic book, and a multiple screen feature permits the subscriber to view one or more pages on a viewer having multiple screens. A picture-in-picture feature permits the subscriber to simultaneously view a page of an electronic book along with other content, such as a television program or information from another electronic book. The picture-in-picture feature may display an electronic book page as a main image wrapped around an inset image.

Claims

1. A method for cutting information and pasting the information into an electronic book displayed on a viewer, comprising:

receiving a first request from the subscriber to cut selected information from an information source;

removing and saving the selected information from the information source;

receiving a second request from the subscriber to paste the selected information into an electronic book; and

inserting the selected information into the electronic book based upon the subscriber'"'"'s second request.

2. The method of claim 1, further including displaying a task bar for use in receiving the first and second requests.

3. A method for copying information and pasting the information into an electronic book displayed on a viewer, comprising:

receiving a first request from the subscriber to copy selected information from an information source;

copying and saving the selected information from the information source;

receiving a second request from the subscriber to paste the selected information into the electronic book; and

inserting the selected information into the electronic book based upon the subscriber'"'"'s second request.

4. The method of claim 3, further including displaying a task bar for use in receiving the first and second requests.

5. An apparatus for cutting information and pasting the information into an electronic book displayed on a viewer, comprising:

an image cut module that receives a first request from the subscriber to cut selected information from an information source;

an image save module that removes and saves the selected information from the information source;

an image paste module that receives a second request from the subscriber to paste the selected information into an electronic book; and

an image insert module that inserts the selected information into the electronic book based upon the subscriber'"'"'s second request.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further including a task module that displays a task bar for use in receiving the first and second requests.

7. An apparatus for copying information and pasting the information into an electronic book displayed on a viewer, comprising:

an image copy module that receives a first request from the subscriber to copy selected information from an information source;

an image save module that copies and saves the selected information from the information source;

an image paste module that receives a second request from the subscriber to paste the selected information into an electronic book; and

an image insert module that inserts the selected information into the electronic book based upon the subscriber'"'"'s second request.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further including a task module that displays a task bar for use in receiving the first and second requests.

9. An apparatus that manipulates images in an electronic book viewer, comprising:

a display that displays a portion of an electronic book, wherein the portion of the electronic book is displayed as an image comprising one or more of text, graphics, data, information, still video and moving video;

a control that receives a command to manipulate the portion of the electronic book;

a processor that interprets the commands, the processor causing the display to alter the image provided by the portion of the electronic book; and

a memory that stores the altered image.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a task bar, the task bar including commands that can be used to manipulate the images.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the commands include one or more of highlight, cut, paste, zoom, and rescale.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the command includes a command to display a picture-in-picture image.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the picture-in-picture image is displayed in a window in the display.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the window is scalable.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the window is provided in a side-by-side format.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein multiple windows are provided.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the portion of the electronic book displays text, and wherein the text wraps around the window.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the picture-in-picture image is one or more of a video feed, a television program, a data signal from a personal computer, voice-to-text translation from a telephone message, and an Internet web page.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the television program is provided by on of a set top terminal, a video tape recorder tuner, a video connector, a personal computer, a telephone system, an Internet and a television broadcast.

20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the picture-in-picture image is manipulated by selecting the window and by selecting all of or a portion of the picture-in-picture image for manipulation.

21. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising one or more additional displays, the one or more additional displays capable of connection to the electronic book viewer, wherein the processor manipulates the image to display separate sections of the image on each of the display and the one or more additional displays.

22. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the commands are entered using one or more of a wired keyboard, a wireless keyboard and a soft keyboard.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the one or more additional displays comprise hinges, wherein the one or more additional displays fold in a same manner as pages in a book.