ELECTRONIC TEXT MANIPULATION AND DISPLAY

• US 20120311438A1
• Filed: 01/11/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Cranfill, Elizabeth Caroline Furches, Heller, David, Cannistraro, Alan C., Bachman, William Martin, Martin, Timothy B., Evans, Matt, Howard, Joe R., Robbin, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 9,811,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/256
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content

Abstract

Information is presented to a user by accessing a library of electronic publications that includes a first publication, generating a representation of the first publication in an electronic bookshelf, determining a state for the first publication and modifying the representation of the first publication to reflect the state of the first publication.

Claims

1. A method of presenting information to a user, the method comprising:

accessing a library of electronic publications that includes a first publication;

generating a representation of the first publication in an electronic bookshelf;

determining a state for the first publication; and

modifying the representation of the first publication to reflect the state of the first publication.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the representation includes presenting a recently-purchased book using a front cover view.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein generating the representation includes presenting a recently-accessed book using a front cover view.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining that the first publication has not been recently accessed; and

modifying the representation so that a binding view of the first publication is presented instead of a front cover view of the first publication.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein modifying the representation of the first publication includes presenting a layer of dust over the first publication.

6. The method of 4 wherein presenting the layer of dust includes presenting an animated dust cloud in response to receiving a user instruction to access the first publication.

7-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A method of presenting information to a user, the method comprising:

accessing a library of electronic publications that includes a first publication;

determining a state for the first publication; and

generating a representation of the first publication in an electronic bookshelf that reflects the state of the first publication.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein generating the representation includes generating a magazine icon in response to determining that the first publication is a magazine.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein generating the representation includes generating a newspaper icon in response to determining that the first publication is a newspaper.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein generating the representation includes generating a label over the representation indicating the state of the first publication.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein generating the label includes generating a label indicating that the first publication has not yet been accessed.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein generating the label includes generating a label indicating that the first publication is newly purchased.

24. The method of claim 21 wherein generating the label includes generating a label indicating that the first publication is being downloaded.

25. The method of claim 21 wherein determining the state for the first publication includes:

determining a location for a first device;

determining that content appearing in the electronic bookshelf is associated with the location; and

presenting the content to the user indicating that the content is relevant to the location.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein presenting the content includes a presenting a ribbon to indicate a relevance of the content.

27. The method of claim 25 wherein presenting the content includes placing the content using a specified bookshelf location to indicate a relevance of the content.

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104. A system, comprising a processor and instructions that when performed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations that include:

accessing a library of electronic publications that includes a first publication;

generating a representation of the first publication in an electronic bookshelf;

determining a state for the first publication; and

modifying the representation of the first publication to reflect the state of the first publication.

105. (canceled)

106. A system, comprising a processor and instructions that when performed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations that include:

accessing a library of electronic publications that includes a first publication;

determining a state for the first publication; and

generating a representation of the first publication in an electronic bookshelf that reflects the state of the first publication.

107-118. -118. (canceled)

119. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed on a processor cause the processor to perform operations that include:

accessing a library of electronic publications that includes a first publication;

generating a representation of the first publication in an electronic bookshelf;

determining a state for the first publication; and

modifying the representation of the first publication to reflect the state of the first publication.

120. (canceled)

121. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed on a processor cause the processor to perform operations that include:

accessing a library of electronic publications that includes a first publication;

determining a state for the first publication; and

generating a representation of the first publication in an electronic bookshelf that reflects the state of the first publication.

122-133. -133. (canceled)