CONTENT DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED FOR TRACKED E-READING PROGRESS

• US 20160210269A1
• Filed: 01/16/2015
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kobo Inc (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Kobo Inc (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: PARKER, Nora, LANDAU, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US14/598,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20160210269A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

A method executed in a processor of a computing device for syncing content is provided. The method includes receiving a request for content syncing at a current page being displayed, the current page having a first text portion and a second text portion, tracking progress of a user through the current page and reconstructing the current page by blocking at least a part of the first text portion while displaying the second text according to the progress.

Claims

8. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for a computing device, the computing device including a processor, a memory and a display screen rendering e-book content including text formatted according to a series of digitally constructed pages, the instructions being executable by the processor to cause the computing device to perform operations that include:

receiving a request for content syncing at a current page being displayed, the current page having a first text portion and a second text portion;

tracking progress of a user through said current page; and

reconstructing the current page by blocking at least a part of said first text portion while displaying said second text according to said progress.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 wherein said operations further include:

blocking a least a part of subsequent pages of the current page.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 wherein the tracking progress comprises:

tracking an eye movement of said user with respect to the current page.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein said operations further include:

showing content near said eye movement while blocking all other content on said current page.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 wherein said blocking includes blurring out text on said current page.

10-1. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 wherein said operations further include:

showing content near said finger while blocking all other content on said current page.

15. A computing device comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions;

a display screen rendering e-book content including text formatted according to a series of digitally constructed pages;

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

receiving a request for content syncing at a current page being displayed, the current page having a first text portion and a second text portion;

tracking progress of a user through said current page; and

reconstructing the current page by blocking at least a part of said first text portion while displaying said second text according to said progress.

16. The computing device of claim 15 wherein said method also includes:

blocking a least a part of subsequent pages of the current page.

17. The computing device of claim 15 wherein the tracking progress comprises:

tracking a finger position of said user with respect to the current page.

18. The computing device of claim 15 wherein the tracking progress comprises:

tracking an eye movement of said user with respect to the current page.

19. The computing device of claim 17 wherein said method further includes:

showing content near said finger while blocking all other content on said current page.

20. The computing device of claim 18 wherein said method further includes:

showing content near said eye movement while blocking all other content on said current page.

21. The computing device of claim 15 wherein said blocking includes blurring out text on said current page.