ELECTRONIC BOOK

• US 20140289599A1
• Filed: 04/23/2012
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Me Books Limited
• Original Assignee: Me Books Limited
• Inventors: Huggins, James Edward, Outlaw, Philip Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/113,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289599A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied

Abstract

Electronic book device and method comprising: a screen for displaying an electronic book. A processor arranged to receive a signal defining a selected area within the electronic book, configure the selected area to launch a function, and execute the function when launched from the selected area.

Claims

1. A method of customising an electronic book comprising the steps of:

selecting an area within the electronic book; and

configuring the selected area to launch a function.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected area is within an electronic page of the electronic book.

3. The method of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein configuring the function further comprises recording audio data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the audio data is a voice recording.

5. The method according to any previous claim, wherein selecting an area further comprises drawing around a portion of a screen displaying the electronic book.

6. The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein selecting an area further comprises selecting one of a plurality of predefined areas.

7. The method according to any previous claim, wherein the area is user defined.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user defined area is defined by freely drawing on a screen displaying the electronic book.

9. The method according to any previous claim further comprising the step of entering an edit mode before selecting the area.

10. The method according to claim 9 further comprising the step of highlighting one or more areas configured to launch functions after entering the edit mode.

11. The method of claim 9 or claim 10 further comprising the step of exiting the edit mode to hide the one or more areas configured to launch the functions.

12. The method according to any previous claim further comprising the step of launching the function by tapping the area displayed on a touch screen.

13. The method according to any previous claim, wherein the electronic book is a picture book.

14. The method according to any previous claim, wherein the electronic book comprises preconfigured areas arranged to launch functions and user configured areas arranged to launch functions.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the electronic book is configurable to invoke the preconfigured areas, the user configured areas or both during playback.

18. A computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed on a computer cause the computer to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 15.

19. A computer-readable medium carrying a computer program according to claim 20.

20. A computer programmed to perform the method of any of claim 1 to 15 or 18.

16. An electronic book device comprising:

a screen for displaying an electronic book; and

a processor arranged to receive a signal defining a selected area within the electronic book, configure the selected area to launch a function, and

execute the function when launched from the selected area.

17. The electronic book of claim 16, wherein the screen is a touch screen.