System And Method For Automatic Continuation Marks In An Electronic Publication

• US 20110219294A1
• Filed: 03/04/2010
• Published: 09/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Skiff LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: RICHARDS, Ruze, DUGA, Brady, LESHNER, William, RIVLIN, John, LE CHEVALIER, Vincent, CONBOY, Garth
• Application Number:
  US12/717,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20110219294A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/191 Automatic line break hyphenation

Abstract

A system and method for automatic continuation marks in an electronic publication is disclosed. The method may include using a computer processor, identifying a first part of electronic content that can be rendered in an text box on a display of an electronic device; using the computer processor, calculating a position for a continuation marker to be displayed in the electronic content; using the computer processor, linking the continuation mark to a second part of the electronic content; and using the computer processor, automatically inserting the continuation mark in the electronic content following the first part of the electronic content. An electronic device that renders a electronic content is disclosed. may include a processor; a user interface; a display; and a memory comprising code that when executed by the processor performs the following: identify a first part of electronic content that can be rendered in a text box rendered on an electronic device; render a first part of the electronic content in the text box; render a continuation mark in the text box at the end of the first part of the electronic content; and hide a second part of the electronic content.

Claims

1. A method for automatically providing electronic content with continuation marks, comprising:

using a computer processor, identifying a first part of electronic content that can be rendered in an text box on a display of an electronic device;

using the computer processor, calculating a position for a continuation marker to be displayed in the electronic content;

using the computer processor, linking the continuation mark to a second part of the electronic content; and

using the computer processor, automatically inserting the continuation mark in the electronic content following the first part of the electronic content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying a first part of electronic content that can be rendered in an text box comprises applying an overflow property to the electronic content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first part of the electronic content is an abstract of the electronic content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the position of the continuation marker depends on a zoom state of the electronic content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the position of the continuation mark is calculated based on a size of the text box.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication to display the second part of the electronic content; and

displaying the second part of the electronic content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second part of the electronic content is the whole electronic content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second part of the electronic content is less than the whole electronic content.

9. A method for rendering electronic content with an electronic device, comprising:

receiving an electronic content flow, the electronic content flow comprising text and automatic continuation marks;

rendering a first part of the electronic content flow in a text box on an electronic device;

rendering a continuation mark at the end of the first part of the electronic content flow, the continuation mark linking to a second part of the electronic content flow;

receiving an indication to render the second part of the electronic content flow; and

rendering the second part of the electronic content.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first part of the electronic content is an abstract of the electronic content.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the second part of the electronic content is the whole electronic content.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the second part of the electronic content is less than the whole electronic content.

13. An electronic device that renders a electronic content, comprising:

a processor;

a user interface;

a display; and

a memory comprising code that when executed by the processor performs the following;

identify a first part of electronic content that can be rendered in a text box rendered on an electronic device;

render a first part of the electronic content in the text box;

render a continuation mark in the text box at the end of the first part of the electronic content; and

hide a second part of the electronic content.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first part of the electronic content is an abstract of the electronic content.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the position of the continuation marker depends on a zoom state of the electronic content.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the position of the continuation mark is calculated based on a size of the text box.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the code further displays the second part of the electronic content in response to an indication to display the second part of the electronic content.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the second part of the electronic content is the whole electronic content.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the second part of the electronic content is less than the whole electronic content.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the electronic device is an electronic reading device.