E-READER WITH LOCKED AND UNLOCKED CONTENT AND READER TRACKING CAPABILITY
First Claim
1. A system for displaying an e-book, the system comprising:
- a. an electronic device comprising a display responsive to commands by a user;
b. a plurality of markup tags associated with information stored in said e-book, wherein some of said information is initially locked;
c. an application program configured for use in said electronic device, said application program comprising a processing engine adapted to process said information and said plurality of markup tags to create and display at least one page of said e-book dynamically; and
d. wherein said processing engine records progress of a user through said e-book and said plurality of markup tags interacted with by said user.
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Abstract
A system and method for enhancing the reading experience of an e-book is disclosed. The system comprises an application program configured for installation to an electronic device, a plurality of markup tags to display information stored in the e-book, the system adaptable to create at least one page of the e-book dynamically and to compile the at least one page at run-time. The plurality of markup tags indicates a triggering event or for the system to unlock information stored in the e-book. The processing engine records the progress of a user through the e-book and the user'"'"'s interactions with the plurality of markup tags. The system and method enable a publisher to quickly, easily, and inexpensively enhance a user'"'"'s experience of an e-book. The process of adding markup tags to an existing e-book allows a publisher to add additional content and interactive features to an e-book without expensive and time consuming processes, and without reformatting the entire e-book.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for displaying an e-book, the system comprising:
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a. an electronic device comprising a display responsive to commands by a user; b. a plurality of markup tags associated with information stored in said e-book, wherein some of said information is initially locked; c. an application program configured for use in said electronic device, said application program comprising a processing engine adapted to process said information and said plurality of markup tags to create and display at least one page of said e-book dynamically; and d. wherein said processing engine records progress of a user through said e-book and said plurality of markup tags interacted with by said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for displaying an e-book adapted for use in an electronic device, the system comprising:
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a. a display upon which is displayed at least one page of said e-book, said display responsive to commands by a user; b. locked and unlocked content and a plurality of tags associated therewith, wherein said plurality of tags denote at least one of a triggering event or whether the content associated with said tag is locked or unlocked; c. a processing engine which processes said plurality of tags, wherein when one of said plurality of tags denoting a triggering event is processed the system executes said triggering event; and d. wherein said triggering event is one of either an animation, ancillary content, a video, a website link, an audio effect, or a command to transform locked content to unlocked content. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for enhancing a user'"'"'s experience of an e-book, the method comprising the steps of:
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a. providing an electronic document comprising content and tags associated with specific portions of said content, and a display upon which is displayed at least one page of said e-book, said display responsive to commands by a user; b. wherein said tags denote at least one of either a triggering event or whether said specific portions of said content are locked or unlocked; c. processing said content and said tags with a processing engine to generate said at least one page of said e-book; and c. executing a triggering event when said processing engine processes a tag which denotes said triggering event, wherein said triggering event is one of either an animation, ancillary content, a video, a website link, an audio effect, or a command to transform said specific portion of said content. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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