CREATING AND VIEWING DIGITAL NOTE CARDS

• US 20130047115A1
• Filed: 08/17/2012
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Migos, Charles J., Capela, Jay Christopher, Hagele, Markus, Murrett, Mac, Elseth, Paul, MacLean, Alexander C., Emanuel, M. Frank, Smyth, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 9,275,028 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/776
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

Systems, techniques, and methods are presented for creating digital note cards and presenting a graphical user interface for interacting with digital note cards. For example, content from an electronic book can be displayed in a graphical user interface. Input can be received in the graphical user interface highlighting a portion of the content and creating a note, the note including user generated content. A digital note card can be created where one side of the digital note card includes the highlighted text, and the other side of the digital note card includes the note. The digital note card can be displayed in the graphical user interface.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a digital note card, the method comprising:

displaying content from an electronic book in a graphical user interface;

receiving first input highlighting a portion of the content;

receiving second input creating a note, the note including user generated content;

creating a first digital note card, where one side of the first digital note card includes the highlighted text, and the other side of the first digital note card includes the note; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, the first digital note card.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a stack of digital note cards, where a front of the first digital note card is displayed on the top of the stack, the front containing the highlighted text.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving input requesting to flip the first digital note card over;

responsive to the received input request, flipping the first digital note card over in a series of graphical transitions; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a back of the first digital note card, the back containing the note.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving input requesting to move the first digital note card to the bottom of the stack of digital note cards;

responsive to the received input, visually moving the first digital note card to the bottom of the digital note card stack in a series of graphical transitions; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a front of a second digital note card on the top of the digital note card stack, and displaying at least a portion of the first digital note card at the bottom of the digital note card stack.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving input requesting to move a second digital note card at the bottom of the digital note card stack to the top of the digital note card stack;

responsive to the received input, visually moving the second digital note card to the top of the digital note card stack in a series of graphical transitions; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a front of the second digital note card on the top of the digital note card stack, and displaying at least a portion of the first digital note card below the second digital note card.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

dynamically filtering the digital note cards contained in the digital note card stack based on user feedback indicating a level of comprehension for at least one digital note card contained in the digital note card stack.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

filtering the digital note cards in the digital note card stack, the filtering based at least in part on a color associated with the highlighted portion of content contained on the digital note cards.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the digital note card stack includes, in addition to the first digital note card, a plurality of vocabulary digital note cards, where the front of the vocabulary digital note cards include a vocabulary word from a glossary of vocabulary words included with the ebook and a back of the vocabulary digital note cards include a corresponding definition of the vocabulary word.

9. An electronic device comprising:

a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a machine-readable medium;

an input/output subsystem, operatively coupled to the processor, including a touch sensitive surface for input and output; and

a memory serving the machine-readable medium and storing processor-executable instructions to cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising;

displaying, via the touch sensitive surface, content from an electronic book in a graphical user interface;

receiving, via the touch sensitive surface, first input highlighting a portion of the content;

receiving, via the touch sensitive surface, second input creating a note, the note including user generated content;

creating a first digital note card, where one side of the first digital note card includes the highlighted text, and the other side of the first digital note card includes the note; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, the first digital note card.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a stack of digital note cards, where a front of the first digital note card is displayed on the top of the stack, the front containing the highlighted text.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, via the touch sensitive surface, input requesting to flip the first digital note card over;

responsive to the received input request, flipping the first digital note card over in a series of graphical transitions displayed in the graphical user interface; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a back of the first digital note card, the back containing the note.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, via the touch sensitive surface, input requesting to move the first digital note card to the bottom of the stack of digital note cards;

responsive to the received input, visually moving the first digital note card to the bottom of the digital note card stack in a series of graphical transitions; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a front of a second digital note card on the top of the digital note card stack, and displaying at least a portion of the first digital note card at the bottom of the digital note card stack.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, via the touch sensitive surface, input requesting to move a second digital note card at the bottom of the digital note card stack to the top of the digital note card stack;

responsive to the received input, visually moving the second digital note card to the top of the digital note card stack in a series of graphical transitions; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a front of the second digital note card on the top of the digital note card stack, and displaying at least a portion of the first digital note card below the second digital note card.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:

dynamically filtering the digital note cards contained in the digital note card stack based on user feedback indicating a level of comprehension for at least one digital note card contained in the digital note card stack.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:

filtering the digital note cards in the digital note card stack, the filtering based at least in part on a color associated with the highlighted portion of content contained on the digital note cards.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein:

the digital note card stack includes, in addition to the first digital note card, a plurality of vocabulary digital note cards, where the front of the vocabulary digital note cards include a vocabulary word from a glossary of vocabulary words included with the ebook and a back of the vocabulary digital note cards include a corresponding definition of the vocabulary word.

17. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying content from an electronic book in a graphical user interface;

receiving first input highlighting a portion of the content;

receiving second input creating a note, the note including user generated content;

creating a first digital note card, where one side of the first digital note card includes the highlighted text, and the other side of the first digital note card includes the note; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, the first digital note card.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a stack of digital note cards, where a front of the first digital note card is displayed on the top of the stack, the front containing the highlighted text.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving input requesting to flip the first digital note card over;

responsive to the received input request, flipping the first digital note card over in a series of graphical transitions; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a back of the first digital note card, the back containing the note.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving input requesting to move the first digital note card to the bottom of the stack of digital note cards;

responsive to the received input, visually moving the first digital note card to the bottom of the digital note card stack in a series of graphical transitions; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a front of a second digital note card on the top of the digital note card stack, and displaying at least a portion of the first digital note card at the bottom of the digital note card stack.

21. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving input requesting to move a second digital note card at the bottom of the digital note card stack to the top of the digital note card stack;

responsive to the received input, visually moving the second digital note card to the top of the digital note card stack in a series of graphical transitions; and

displaying, in the graphical user interface, a front of the second digital note card on the top of the digital note card stack, and displaying at least a portion of the first digital note card below the second digital note card.

22. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising:

dynamically filtering the digital note cards contained in the digital note card stack based on user feedback indicating a level of comprehension for at least one digital note card contained in the digital note card stack.

23. The computer program product of claim 18, further comprising:

filtering the digital note cards in the digital note card stack, the filtering based at least in part on a color associated with the highlighted portion of content contained on the digital note cards.

24. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein:

the digital note card stack includes, in addition to the first digital note card, a plurality of vocabulary digital note cards, where the front of the vocabulary digital note cards include a vocabulary word from a glossary of vocabulary words included with the ebook and a back of the vocabulary digital note cards include a corresponding definition of the vocabulary word.