Selective Display of Comprehension Guides
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1. An system comprising:
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memory, storing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;
determining a score for a word of a plurality of words included in an electronic book, the score indicative of how difficult the word is for a particular user, wherein the determining the score is based at least in part on;
a frequency of occurrence of the word in a general corpus of writings of a first language, wherein the score is higher the lower the frequency of occurrence;
a contextual importance of the word within at least one of the electronic book or a subject matter area associated with the electronic book, wherein the score is higher the lower the contextual importance;
user information about the particular user that includes the user'"'"'s lookup history of definitions of words, wherein the score is lower if the word is included in the lookup history of the user; and
feedback from the particular user indicative of a level of familiarity of the user with a meaning of the word, wherein the score is lower when the feedback is indicative of familiarity with the meaning of the word; and
ranking the word among the plurality of words based at least in part on the score.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for selectively and dynamically determining one or more words of an electronic book to present with comprehension guides. For instance, an electronic device rendering an electronic book may determine whether to display some, all, or no words of the book with comprehension guides for words within the electronic book based on word difficulty, contextual importance or aspects of the user. Techniques are also provided for determining the content of comprehension guides to be presented with the words.
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1. An system comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory, storing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising; determining a score for a word of a plurality of words included in an electronic book, the score indicative of how difficult the word is for a particular user, wherein the determining the score is based at least in part on; a frequency of occurrence of the word in a general corpus of writings of a first language, wherein the score is higher the lower the frequency of occurrence; a contextual importance of the word within at least one of the electronic book or a subject matter area associated with the electronic book, wherein the score is higher the lower the contextual importance; user information about the particular user that includes the user'"'"'s lookup history of definitions of words, wherein the score is lower if the word is included in the lookup history of the user; and feedback from the particular user indicative of a level of familiarity of the user with a meaning of the word, wherein the score is lower when the feedback is indicative of familiarity with the meaning of the word; and ranking the word among the plurality of words based at least in part on the score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method comprising:
under control of an electronic device that is configured with executable instructions, determining a difficulty value of a word of a plurality of words based at least in part on a frequency of occurrence of the word in a corpus of writings; and determining a contextual importance of the word based at least in part on a subject matter area; and calculating the score for the word at least from the determined difficulty value and the determined contextual importance value. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
determining a score for a word of a plurality of words of an electronic book, wherein the determining is based at least in part on; a difficulty value of the word based at least in part on a frequency of occurrence of the word in a corpus of writings; and a contextual importance of the word within the electronic book. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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