METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUEUED E-READING SCREEN SAVER

• US 20160189406A1
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: LANDAU, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US14/586,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20160189406A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A method for queued e-reading screen saver is provided. The method for queued e-reading screen saver includes determining a computing device is in a sleep mode, providing a screen saver image to display on the computing device during the sleep mode, accessing a content queue associated with a user and augmenting the screen saver image with content from the content queue.

Claims

1. A method executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device further including a touch screen display, a memory storing instructions and an e-book having content displayable according to a series of digitally constructed pages, the method comprising:

determining said computing device is in a sleep mode;

providing a screen saver image to display on said computing device during said sleep mode;

accessing a content queue associated with a user; and

augmenting said screen saver image with content from said content queue.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said screen saver image is a cover page of a book said user is currently reading.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said screen saver image is augmented with content that is next in said content queue.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said screen saver image is augmented with a periodical.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said periodical is displayed within said screen saver image when it is available for viewing.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said content queue is customizable by said user.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving indication said user is not interested in said content from said content queue that is displayed on said screen saver image.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

removing said content from said content queue.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

overlaying a cover image of a next in queue content on said screen saver image.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

overlaying a back cover image of a next in queue content on said screen saver image.

11. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions and an e-book for a computing device, the computing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions and an e-book having digital content, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the computing device to perform operations that include:

determining said computing device is in a sleep mode;

providing a screen saver image to display on said computing device during said sleep mode;

accessing a content queue associated with a user; and

augmenting said screen saver image with content from said content queue.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein said screen saver image is a cover page of a book said user is currently reading.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein said screen saver image is augmented with content that is next in said content queue.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein said screen saver image is augmented with a periodical.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14 wherein said periodical is displayed within said screen saver image when it is available for viewing.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein said content queue is customizable by said user.

17. A computing device comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions and an e-book having digital content arranged in a series of digitally constructed pages;

a touch screen display; and

a processor that access the instructions in memory, the processor further configured to;

determining said computing device is in a sleep mode;

providing a screen saver image to display on said computing device during said sleep mode;

accessing a content queue associated with a user; and

augmenting said screen saver image with content from said content queue.

18. The computing device of claim 17 wherein said screen saver image is a cover page of a book said user is currently reading.

19. The computing device of claim 18 wherein said screen saver image is augmented with content that is next in said content queue.

20. The computing device of claim 17 wherein said content queue is customizable by said user.

21. The computing device of claim 17 wherein said processor is further configured for

receiving indication said user is not interested in said content from said content queue that is displayed on said screen saver image.