ELECTRONIC BOOK

• US 20130129310A1
• Filed: 01/09/2012
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pleiades Publishing Limited Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Pleiades Publishing Limited Incorporated
• Inventors: Shustorovich, Alexander, Zakharova, Olga
• Application Number:
  US13/346,648
• Publication Number:
  US 20130129310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/81 Monomedia components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver

Abstract

Apparatus, system and methods provide a first screen that displays interactive content and a second screen that displays media content corresponding to portions of the text. The interactive content includes text and contextual references that operate as links to the media content displayed on the second screen. The contextual references provide video, graphical illustration, voice, text and/or interactive media in order to further enhance and complement the portions of the interactive content in the first display. Various resources enable creation of the media content and/or the interactive content in order to further provide historical descriptions, pictures, videos, contemporaneous writings and so on that complement the text of the book by providing further content. Resource inputs from various device components are compiled and used to playback an interactive experience for a user.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor;

a first display portion having a first display configured to display interactive content having text and contextual references that correspond to a portion of the interactive content;

a second display portion, communicatively coupled to the first display portion, and having a second display configured to provide media content that corresponds to the portion of the interactive content having the contextual references;

a compiling component configured to receive input from one or more multimedia resources;

a creation component configured to create at least a portion of the interactive content and the media content in response to the input received from the one or more multimedia resources;

a playback component configured to record and generate the interactive content and the media content; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, in response to facilitation of execution by the processor, cause the device to implement at least one of the compiling component, the creation component or the playback component.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a pivoting joint coupling the first display portion with the second display portion and configured to rotationally pivot the first display portion and the second display portion with respect to one another around a lateral axis that transverses a first side of the first display portion and a second side of the second display portion that is laterally adjacent to the first side of the first display portion.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the pivoting joint comprises:

an acoustic receiver configured to sense and translate acoustic signals to the microprocessor based on a mode of a plurality of modes of the microprocessor; and

a sound transmitter configured to produce sounds based on the mode of the plurality of modes of the microprocessor.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the first display includes an electronic paper display and the second display includes a thin film transistor display.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the first display further includes:

a touch screen interface configured to sense a direct input received on the first display;

a surface interface configured to translate a motion and a position of an indirect input to a relative position on the first display; and

a control interface that includes a switch component configured to switch among a plurality of first display modes including a stylus mode that disengages the touch screen interface of the first display to only receive a handwritten input with a stylus and a dual interface mode that enables operation of both the touch screen interface and the surface interface.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the first display and the second display include a touch screen interface configured to sense a direct input received on the first display and the second display respectively.

7. The device of claim 2, wherein the first display portion further includes a first image capturing device configured to capture internal images within a frontal view of the first display portion, and the second display portion further includes a second image capturing device configured to capture external images within a rear view of the second display portion.

8. The device of claim 2, further comprising:

a movement sensor communicatively coupled to the microprocessor and configured to sense an orientation, vibration, angle or movement of the device; and

a virtual keyboard component configured to provide a virtual keyboard within the first display or the second display based on a motion input from the movement sensor.

9. The device of claim 2, further comprising:

a transceiver configured to exchange signals via a radio network and a via satellite network, wherein the transceiver is further configured to exchange the interactive content and the media content that includes video, voice, graphic, text and interactive media.

10. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a content view generator configured to display interactive content having text and contextual references that correspond to portions of the text in a first display;

a media generator configured to display media content in a second display in response to an input received at an interface, wherein the media content complements the portions of the text that the contextual references correspond to with at least one of graphical illustration, video, voice, text and interactive media;

a compiling component configured to receive multimedia input from one or more multimedia resources;

a creation component configured to create at least a portion of the interactive content and the media content in response to the multimedia input received from the one or more multimedia resources of the system;

a playback component configured to record and generate the interactive content and the media content; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, in response to facilitation of execution by the processor, cause the system to implement at least one of the content view generator, the media generator, the compiling component, the creation component or the playback component.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more multimedia resources include:

an acoustic receiver configured to sense and translate acoustic signals to the microprocessor;

a sound transmitter configured to produce sounds based on a mode of a plurality of modes of the microprocessor;

a first touch screen interface configured to sense a first direct input received on the first display;

a second touch screen interface configured to sense a second direct input received on the second display;

first image capturing device configured to capture internal images within a frontal view of the first display; and

a second image capturing device configured to capture external images within a rear view of the second display.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the media generator is configured to display the media content in the second display in response to the input received at the interface that includes the first touch screen interface located at the first display having the interactive content, or in response to a playback mode of the playback component.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the contextual references include at least one of a link, a highlight, a mark or a footnote provided within or adjacent to the text of the interactive content that triggers the media generator to provide the media content in the second display, in response to the input, to complement the portions of the text that the contextual references correspond to respectively.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first display and the second display are operatively connected with a pivoting joint configured to rotationally pivot the first display and the second display with respect to one another around a lateral axis that transverses a first side of the first display and a second side of the second display that is laterally adjacent to the first side of the first display.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first display further includes:

an electronic paper display;

a surface interface configured to translate a motion and a position of an indirect input to a relative position on the first display; and

a control interface that includes a switch component configured to switch among a plurality of first display modes including a stylus mode that disengages the first touch screen interface of the first display to receive a handwritten input with a stylus and a dual interface mode that enables operation of both the first touch screen interface and the surface interface;

wherein the second display includes a thin film transistor display.

16. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a movement sensor communicatively coupled to the microprocessor and configured to sense orientation, vibration, angle or movement of the first display or the second display;

a virtual keyboard component configured to provide a virtual keyboard within the first display or the second display at an orientation that varies based on motion input from the movement sensor; and

a transceiver configured to exchange signals via a radio network or a via a satellite network, wherein the transceiver is further configured to exchange the interactive content and the media content.

17. A method, comprising:

generating, by a computing device including at least one processor, interactive content having text in a first display with a touch screen interface;

generating media content that correspond to different portions of the text and complement the different portions with corresponding video, graphical illustration, voice, text or interactive media in a second display located adjacent to the first display;

receiving one or more multimedia resource inputs from different multimedia resources and storing the one or more multimedia resource inputs in a data store as additional media content; and

associating portions of the interactive content or additional interactive content with the additional media content in response to the one or more multimedia resource inputs being received from the different multimedia resources.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving the one or more multimedia resource inputs includes receiving at least one of an acoustic input from an acoustic receiver, a touch screen input from a first touch screen interface at the first display, a second touch screen input from a second touch screen interface at the second display, a first image capturing input from a first image capturing device located within a frontal view of the first display, and a second image capturing input from a second image capturing device within a rear view of the second display.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

providing one or more contextual references within the first display that links the different portions of the text to the media content, and that includes at least one of a link, a highlight, a mark or a footnote provided within or adjacent to the text of the interactive content.

20. The method of claim 19, generating the media content that corresponds to the different portions of the text in response to an input received at the first display or the second display, or in response to a playback mode of a plurality of modes including an automatic media content generation mode, an interface media content generation mode, and a media content disengagement mode.

21. A system, comprising:

means for generating, by the system including at least one processor, interactive content having text in a first display with a touch screen interface;

means for generating media content that correspond to different portions of the text and complement the different portions with corresponding video, graphical illustration, voice, text or interactive media in a second display located adjacent to the first display;

means for receiving one or more multimedia resource inputs from different multimedia resources and for storing the one or more multimedia resource inputs in a data store as additional media content; and

means for associating, in response to the one or more multimedia resource inputs being received from the different multimedia resources, portions of the interactive content or additional interactive content with the additional media content.