Electronic Reading Device and Method Therefor
First Claim
1. An electronic reading device for displaying multiple pages of an electronic publication and for moving from a present page to a next page or a previous page in response to a user input, the system comprising:
- a display operable to display one or more pages of the publication;
a user interface operable to receive a user input request from a user and provide the user input request to a processor; and
a reading direction discriminator operable to provide a determined reading directionality of a writing system employed in the publication to the processor;
the processor being operable to receive the user input request and the determined reading directionality and, in response to the user input request and the reading directionality, provide a page turn instruction and display the page requested by the user in accordance with the reading directionality of the writing system employed in the publication.
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Abstract
An electronic reading device or e-reader comprises a display (9), a user interface (10), a reading direction discriminator (11) and a memory (8) which are each connected to a processor (7). The reading direction discriminator (11) is operable to determine a reading directionality of a writing system employed in a publication stored in the memory (8). The processor (7) is operable to receive a user input request via the user interface (10) and, in response to the user input request and the reading directionality, to provide a page turn instruction and display the related page of the publication. The e-reader is thus operable to detect whether the writing system used in an electronic publication is a left to right or right to left writing system and to provide the correct next page or previous page in response to a page turn request.
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38 Claims
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1. An electronic reading device for displaying multiple pages of an electronic publication and for moving from a present page to a next page or a previous page in response to a user input, the system comprising:
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a display operable to display one or more pages of the publication; a user interface operable to receive a user input request from a user and provide the user input request to a processor; and a reading direction discriminator operable to provide a determined reading directionality of a writing system employed in the publication to the processor;
the processor being operable to receive the user input request and the determined reading directionality and, in response to the user input request and the reading directionality, provide a page turn instruction and display the page requested by the user in accordance with the reading directionality of the writing system employed in the publication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for displaying multiple pages of an electronic publication and for moving from a present page to a next page or a previous page in response to a user input, the method comprising:
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displaying a present page of a publication on a display; receiving a user input request from a user via a user interface and providing the user input request to a processor; analysing the publication using a reading direction discriminator to determine a reading directionality of a writing system employed in the publication and providing the determined reading directionality to the processor; processing the user input request and the determined reading directionality and, in response to the user input request and the reading directionality, providing a page turn instruction and displaying the page requested by the user in accordance with the reading directionality of the writing system employed in the publication. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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