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ELECTRONIC BOOK WITH INFORMATION MANIPULATION FEATURES

  • US 20110047498A1
  • Filed: 10/29/2010
  • Published: 02/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1993
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for simultaneously displaying on a viewer a selected portion of an electronic book and content from a plurality of separate information sources, comprising:

  • receiving a request from a subscriber for displaying at least a portion of the electronic book and, afterward, receiving requests, along with an identification of the plurality of separate information sources, for simultaneously displaying the content from the plurality of separate information sources,wherein the plurality of separate information sources are different from each other and are selected from a group consisting of an additional electronic book, an electronic atlas, a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a website, a video, a recipe, a collection of measurement conversions, multimedia information, a live television broadcast, a video feed, text from an additional electronic source, and an image from an additional electronic source;

    formatting the portion of the electronic book and the content from the plurality of separate information sources for simultaneous display; and

    simultaneously displaying the portion of the electronic book and the content from the plurality of separate information sources, wherein the displaying step includes displaying the content from at least one of the plurality of information sources as an inset image, fully inset within the displayed portion of the electronic book.

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