Electronic Book and Method for Displaying Annotation Thereof

• US 20120030558A1
• Filed: 07/25/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
• Inventors: Chiu, Chih-Liang, Liang, Yung-Chang, Su, Tzu-Fang
• Application Number:
  US13/189,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20120030558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/233
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

This disclosure provides an electronic book and a method for displaying an annotation used for displaying an annotation image at an electronic book. The annotation image is located at an annotation position of an electronic book document and is capable of being displayed on a screen of the electronic book when the electronic book document is displayed in a pre-set font size. The method includes the following steps. When the electronic book document is displayed in another font size and the annotation position is within a current displaying range of the screen, an annotation reminder is displayed; the electronic book document is displayed in the pre-set font size and the annotation image is displayed at the annotation position as well according to an annotation activating signal.

Claims

1. A method for displaying an annotation, used for displaying an annotation image at an electronic book, the annotation image located at an annotation position of an electronic book document, the annotation image capable of being displayed on a screen of the electronic book when the electronic book document is displayed in a pre-set font size, the method comprising the following steps of:

displaying an annotation reminder when the electronic book document is displayed in another font size and the annotation position is within a current displaying range of the screen; and

displaying the electronic book document in the pre-set font size and the annotation image at the annotation position according to an annotation activating signal.

2. The method for displaying an annotation according to claim 1, further comprising the step of allowing the annotation image to be annotated at the electronic book when the electronic book document is displayed in the pre-set font size.

3. The method for displaying an annotation according to claim 1, wherein the electronic book document has a great deal of pagination information arranged according to the pre-set font size.

4. The method for displaying an annotation according to claim 1, further comprising the step of allowing the annotation image to be annotated at the electronic book and storing the annotation image and the annotation position when the electronic book document is displayed in the pre-set font size.

5. The method for displaying an annotation according to claim 1, further comprising the step of allowing the annotation image to be edited.

6. The method for displaying an annotation according to claim 5, wherein the editing of the annotation image comprises highlighting, drawing, taking noting, or erasing.

7. The method for displaying an annotation according to claim 1, further comprising the step of triggering the annotation activating signal via selecting the annotation reminder.

8. The method for displaying an annotation according to claim 1, further comprising the step of triggering the annotation activating signal via selecting an annotation editing mode.

9. The method for displaying an annotation according to claim 1, further comprising the step of defining the pre-set font size.

10. An electronic book for displaying an annotation image, the annotation image located at an annotation position of an electronic book document and displayed when the electronic book document is displayed in a pre-set font size, the electronic book comprising:

a screen for displaying at least one portion of the electronic book document;

a memory having a plurality of instructions, the instructions used for executing the following steps of;

displaying an annotation reminder on the screen when the electronic book document is displayed in another font size and the annotation position is within a current displaying range of the screen;

displaying the electronic book document in the pre-set font size and the annotation image at the annotation position on the screen according to an annotation activating signal; and

a processor for executing the instructions.

11. The electronic book according to claim 10, wherein the screen comprises a touch screen.

12. The electronic book according to claim 11, wherein the annotation activating signal is triggered via clicking the annotation reminder by a user of the electronic book.