E-READER SEMANTIC TEXT MANIPULATION

• US 20110107206A1
• Filed: 11/03/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Grandios Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Walsh, Richard J., Issa, Alfredo C., Helpingstine, Michael W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,365,059 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/256
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/247 Thesauruses; Synonyms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis

Abstract

A computerized system and method for changing the textual length of an electronic text content while maintaining the meaning of the electronic text content is disclosed. The system includes an electronic reader, or e-reader, device having an electronic touch screen for displaying an electronic text content and for receiving a user touch gesture for identifying a portion of the electronic text content targeted for a textual length change, and a semantic server programmed to receive requests for a semantic text alternative for a targeted electronic text content identified by way of the e-reader device and to determine a semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted electronic text content, wherein the determined semantic alternative electronic text has a different textual length than the targeted electronic text content, and for replacing the targeted electronic text content displayed by the e-reader device with the determined semantic alternative electronic text content.

Claims

1. A computerized method for changing a textual length of a displayable electronic text content while maintaining a meaning of the displayable electronic text content, the method comprising:

receiving an identification of a displayable electronic text content targeted for a textual length change;

determining a displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted displayable electronic text content, wherein the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content has a different textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content; and

effecting replacement of the targeted displayable electronic text content with the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, further including receiving a request to reduce a textual length of the targeted displayable electronic text content.

3. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein determining the displayable semantic alternative electronic text content results in a determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content having a shorter textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, further including receiving a request to expand a textual length of the targeted displayable electronic text content.

5. The computerized method of claim 4, wherein determining the displayable semantic alternative electronic text content results in a determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content having a longer length than the targeted displayable electronic text content.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein receiving the identification of the displayable electronic text content targeted for the textual length change is achieved by way of an electronic touch screen displaying the targeted displayable electronic text content.

7. The computerized method of claim 6, wherein a user'"'"'s fingers touch the electronic touch screen such that the user'"'"'s fingers are moved towards each other in a pinching motion to request a reduction in a length of the displayable electronic text content targeted for the textual length change.

8. The computerized method of claim 6, wherein a user'"'"'s fingers touch the electronic touch screen such that the user'"'"'s fingers are moved away from each other in a motion to request an expansion in a length of the displayable electronic text content targeted for the textual length change.

9. The computerized method of claim 6, wherein a user'"'"'s fingers touch the electronic touch screen such that the user'"'"'s fingers are moved towards or away from each other to request a change in a length of the displayable electronic text content targeted for the textual length change.

10. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a user targeting the displayable electronic text content for the textual length change;

retrieving a user profile associated with the identified user; and

generating semantic maps relevant to the user profile, wherein the semantic maps are usable for determining the displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted displayable electronic text content, wherein the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content has a different textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content.

11. The computerized method of claim 10, wherein the user profile includes user preferred displayable semantic alternative electronic text content.

12. The computerized method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the semantic maps that is statistically likely to be useable by the user is pre-fetched for immediate use from an electronic memory containing the semantic maps.

13. A computerized method for reducing a textual length of a displayable electronic text content while maintaining a meaning of the displayable electronic text content, the method comprising:

receiving an identification of a displayable electronic text content targeted for a textual length change;

receiving a request to reduce a length of the targeted displayable electronic text content;

determining a displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted displayable electronic text content, wherein the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content has a shorter textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content; and

effecting replacement of the targeted displayable electronic text content with the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content.

14. An electronic reader (e-reader) device for changing a textual length of a displayable electronic text content while maintaining a meaning of the displayable electronic text content, the e-reader device comprising:

a memory for storing a displayable electronic text content;

an electronic touch screen for displaying the displayable electronic text content and for receiving a user touch gesture for identifying a portion of the displayable electronic text content targeted for a textual length change; and

a processor programmed to determine a displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted displayable electronic text content and for effecting replacement of the targeted displayable electronic text content with the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content, wherein the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content has a different textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content.

15. The e-reader device of claim 14, wherein the electronic touch screen is also useable to receive a request to change a length of the targeted displayable electronic text content by way of a touch gesture, wherein a user'"'"'s fingers touch the electronic touch screen such that the user'"'"'s fingers are moved towards each other in a pinching motion to request a reduction in the length of the displayable electronic text content targeted for the textual length change and such that the user'"'"'s fingers are moved away from each other to request an expansion in the length of the displayable electronic text content targeted for the textual length change.

16. A system for changing a textual length of a displayable electronic text content while maintaining a meaning of the displayable electronic text content, the system comprising:

an electronic reader (e-reader) device having a memory for storing data and applications, a processor for executing the applications, and an electronic touch screen for displaying a displayable electronic text content and for receiving a user touch gesture for identifying a portion of the displayable electronic text content targeted for a textual length change; and

a semantic server application stored in the memory of the e-reader device and being executable by the processor of the e-reader device to receive requests for a displayable semantic text alternative for a targeted displayable electronic text content identified by way of the e-reader device and to determine a displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted displayable electronic text content and for effecting replacement of the targeted displayable electronic text content displayed by the e-reader device with the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content, wherein the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content has a different textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content.

17. The system of claim 16, further including a content provider for providing displayable electronic text content to the e-reader device and the semantic server.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the semantic server includes user profiles having information that is useable to generate semantic maps for determining displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for particular types of targeted displayable electronic text content associated with the user profiles.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the semantic server provides predetermined user profiles for new users.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the semantic server further includes user profiles derived from user profiles aggregated from users that belong to a particular group.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the semantic server further includes user profiles provided by a particular interest group.

22. A computerized method for expanding a textual length of a displayable electronic text content while maintaining a meaning of the displayable electronic text content, the method comprising:

receiving an identification of a displayable electronic text content targeted for a textual length change;

receiving a request to expand a length of the targeted displayable electronic text content;

determining a displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted displayable electronic text content, wherein the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content has a longer textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content; and

replacing the targeted displayable electronic text content with the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content.

23. A computerized method for changing a textual length of a displayable electronic text content while maintaining a meaning of the displayable electronic text content, the method comprising:

automatically targeting a displayable electronic text content for a textual length change based upon a predetermined targeting criteria;

determining a displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted displayable electronic text content, wherein the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content has a different textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content; and

replacing the targeted displayable electronic text content with the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content.

24. The computerized method of claim 23, wherein the predetermined targeting criteria is based upon an automatically recorded history of previously identified displayable electronic text content targeted for a textual length change.

25. The computerized method of claim 24, wherein the predetermined targeting criteria is displayable semantic alternative electronic text content defined by semantic maps generated in association with a user profile that includes displayable semantic alternative electronic text content popularly used by members of a social network.

26. The computerized method of claim 24, wherein the predetermined targeting criteria is displayable semantic alternative electronic text content defined by semantic maps shared by members included in a user profile.

27. An electronic reader (e-reader) device for changing a textual length of a displayable electronic text content while maintaining a meaning of the displayable electronic text content, the e-reader device comprising:

a memory for storing data and applications;

a processor for executing the applications;

an electronic touch screen for displaying a displayable electronic text content and for receiving a user touch gesture for identifying a portion of the displayable electronic text content targeted for a textual length change; and

a communication interface for communicating with a remote semantic server that receives requests for a displayable semantic text alternative for a targeted displayable electronic text content identified by way of the e-reader device, wherein the semantic server determines a displayable semantic alternative electronic text content for the targeted displayable electronic text content and effects replacement of the targeted displayable electronic text content displayed by the e-reader device with the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content, wherein the determined displayable semantic alternative electronic text content has a different textual length than the targeted displayable electronic text content.