Systems and Methods for Remote Collaborative Studying Using Electronic Books
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1. An electronic book reader, comprising:
- a display for displaying an electronic book;
an input recognition subsystem, configured to create a message automatically addressed to a predetermined moderator assigned to the electronic book in response to user input, and to create a body of the message in response to further user input, wherein the message is not added as an annotation to the electronic book; and
a collaboration subsystem operably connected to the input recognition subsystem via which the message is sent to the predetermined moderator.
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Abstract
An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students'"'"' use of textbooks. A finger press on a touch screen produces a contextual menu with user choices that relate to where the finger was pressed or what the user was recently doing with the book. A student provisionally navigates through a book by a specific gesture which, when it stops, returns the user to the previous position in the book. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer.
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27 Claims
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1. An electronic book reader, comprising:
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a display for displaying an electronic book; an input recognition subsystem, configured to create a message automatically addressed to a predetermined moderator assigned to the electronic book in response to user input, and to create a body of the message in response to further user input, wherein the message is not added as an annotation to the electronic book; and a collaboration subsystem operably connected to the input recognition subsystem via which the message is sent to the predetermined moderator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer implemented method for using an electronic book, comprising:
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creating a message automatically addressed to a predetermined moderator assigned to the electronic book in response to user input, wherein the message is not added as an annotation to the electronic book; creating a body of the message in response to further user input; and sending the message to the predetermined moderator. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product that comprises a non-transient computer readable storage medium containing computer executable instructions for using an electronic book, comprising:
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instructions to create a message automatically addressed to a predetermined moderator assigned to the electronic book in response to user input, wherein the message is not added as an annotation to the electronic book; instructions to create a body of the message in response to further user input; and instructions to send the message to the predetermined moderator. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic book reader, comprising:
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a display; a collaboration subsystem, configured to provide means of communication about a portion of an electronic book between a user and one or more other users; and an input recognition subsystem, operably connected with the collaboration subsystem to initiate a real-time chat session with the one or more other users in response to user input, and display the chat session in a portion of the display in conjunction with the electronic book, wherein the chat session is not added as an annotation to the electronic book. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 17)
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16. (canceled)
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18. A computer implemented method for using an electronic book, comprising:
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initiating a real-time chat session about a portion of an electronic book with a specific person responsive to user input; and displaying the chat session in a portion of a display in conjunction with the electronic book, wherein the chat session is not added as an annotation to the electronic book. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 22)
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21. (canceled)
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23. A computer program product that comprises a non-transient computer readable storage medium containing computer executable instructions for using an electronic book comprising:
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instructions to initiate a real-time chat session about a portion of an electronic book with a specific person responsive to user input; and instructions to display the chat session in a portion of a display in conjunction with the electronic book. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 27)
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26. (canceled)
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