Enhanced Ebook and Enhanced Ebook Reader

• US 20110261030A1
• Filed: 12/31/2010
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Roddy Mckee Bullock
• Original Assignee: Roddy Mckee Bullock
• Inventors: Bullock, Roddy McKee
• Application Number:
  US12/983,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20110261030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0283 for data storage and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic device having enhanced search capability, the electronic device having executable instructions in device memory and a human-readable display. The device comprises in the memory an electronic source file of an electronic document, the electronic document comprising first and second searchable terms, the first searchable term at a first portion of the electronic document being selectable by a human reader without the human reader manually entering in the first searchable term, and the second searchable term being selectable by a human reader. Upon selection by the human reader of the first and second searchable terms, the executable instructions cause to be displayed on the display screen a second portion of the electronic document wherein the first and second search terms occur. The enhanced device can be an enhanced e-book comprising a source file of a base work and electronically accessible context-specific information. The enhanced device can be an enhanced e-book comprising a display screen, memory, and executable instructions in the memory for displaying on the display screen text from a source file of a base work in an electronic source file readable by the enhanced e-book reader. The base work can have at least one selectable term, which upon selection by a human reader of the selectable term there can appear displayed on the display screen the context-specific information relating to the selectable term.

Claims

1. An enhanced e-book, said enhanced e-book comprising a source file of a base work and electronically accessible context-specific information.

2. The enhanced e-book of claim 1, the enhanced e-book comprising a display screen, memory, and executable instructions in said memory for displaying on said display screen text from a source file of a base work in an electronic source file readable by said enhanced e-book reader, wherein said base work comprises at least one selectable term, which upon selection by a human reader of said selectable term there appears displayed on said display screen said context-specific information relating to said selectable term.

3. The enhanced e-book of claim 1, said enhanced e-book comprising:

a. device memory in which said reading material can be stored;

b. at least one of a person, place, or thing associated with said reading material, said person, place or thing represented as a written word, said written word displayed a first time and a subsequent time in said reading material;

c. in said device memory, displayable information associated with said at least one of said at least one of a person, place or thing; and

d. executable instructions for displaying said displayable information when said written word appears on said display said subsequent time, and when said written word is selected by said human reader.

4. The enhanced e-book of claim 1, wherein said enhanced e-book is readable on a device selected from the group consisting of a computer, a web tablet, a PDA device, a mobile device, and a smartphone.

5. An electronic device having enhanced search capability, said electronic device having executable instructions in device memory and a human-readable display, said device comprising in said memory an electronic source file of an electronic document, said electronic document comprising at least one searchable term and a search function icon displayable upon said display screen, said searchable term at least appearing in a first portion of said electronic document, said searchable term being selectable by a human reader without said human reader manually entering in said searchable term, wherein upon selection by said human reader of said searchable term and subsequently selecting said search function icon, said executable instructions cause to be displayed on said display screen a second portion of said electronic document wherein said searchable term occurs.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein on said display screen having said second portion of said electronic document displayed, said searchable term is highlighted for easy locating by said human reader.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein on said display screen having said second portion of said electronic document displayed, said searchable term and n units on either side of said searchable term are highlighted for easy locating by said human reader, wherein n=a positive integer, and units is selected from the group consisting of word, lines, and paragraphs.

8. The device of claim 5, wherein said device is selected from the group consisting of an e-book reader, a computer, a web tablet, a PDA device, a mobile device, and a smartphone.

9. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein said device is selected from the group of Amazon Kindle®

, Amazon Kindle 2, Amaozn Kindle DX, Sony PRS-700, Sony Portable Reader Touch Edition, Sony Portable Edition Pocket Edition, HanLin eBook V3, HanLin eBook V5, HanLin eBook V3+, HanLin eBook A6, HanLin eBook Bebook mini, HanLin eBook EZ Reader, HanLin eBook Pocket PRO, eGriver eReader IDEO, eGriver eReader Touch, Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Bookeen Cybook Opus, COOL-ER Classic, Kobo eReader, Pocketbook 301 Plus, Pocketbook 302, Pocketbook 360, ViewSonic VEB620, ViewSonic VEB625, NUUTbook NUUT2, iriver Story, Onyx Boox 60, Onyx Bebook Neo, Barnes and Noble Nook, Spring Design Alex, Hanvon WISEreader N526, N520, Elonex, 511EB, Hanvon HandyBOOK N516, Azbooka 516, and new editions and upgrades thereof.

10. An e-book reader, said e-book reader having a predetermined operative period, said operative period being defined by limited time or limited content, after which operative period expires said e-book reader no longer functions as an e-book reader.

11. The e-book reader of claim 11, said e-book reader having stored in memory viewable content, said viewable content being viewable for a limited time not dictated by battery life, wherein after said limited time said content is no longer viewable on said e-book reader.

12. The e-book reader of claim 11, said e-book reader powered by a nonrechargeable battery.

13. The e-book reader of claim 11, wherein said e-book reader is powered by a factory-rechargeable battery.

14. The e-book reader of claim 11, wherein said e-book reader is powered by a factory-replaceable battery.

15. The e-book reader of claim 11, wherein said e-book reader comprises less than about 512 MB of permanent internal memory for storing e-book source files.

16. The e-book reader of claim 11, wherein said e-book reader comprising less than about 1 GB of permanent internal memory for storing e-book source files, said e-book reader comprising a memory card slot and executable instructions for reading an e-book source file from a memory card comprising said e-book source file that is inserted into said memory card slot.

17. The e-book reader of claim 11, wherein said e-book reader comprises a limited use port for downloading e-book source file content, said limited use port mating with a limited use connector for the purpose of controlling authorized downloading of e-book source files to said e-book reader.

18. The e-book reader of claim 11, wherein said e-book reader is disposable.