Electronic book and method of displaying at least one reading metric therefor
First Claim
1. A method of displaying at least one reading metric in an electronic book, the method comprising the steps of:
- reading machine-readable data from a machine-readable storage medium installed in the electronic book, the machine-readable data representative of text of a book;
displaying at least one page of the text represented by the machine-readable data;
monitoring a reading pace;
determining an amount of information remaining in a portion of the book;
calculating an estimated completion time for the portion of the book based on the reading pace and the amount of information; and
displaying the estimated completion time.
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Abstract
A method of displaying at least one reading metric in an electronic book includes reading machine-readable data from a machine-readable storage medium installed in the electronic book. The machine-readable data is representative of text of a book. At least one page of the text represented by the machine-readable data is displayed using the electronic book. A reading pace of a user is monitored over the at least one page, and the reading pace is displayed by the electronic book. An amount of the book which can be read at the reading pace during a remaining powering time for a battery which powers the electronic book can also be displayed. An estimated completion time for a portion of the book can be calculated and displayed based on the reading pace.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of displaying at least one reading metric in an electronic book, the method comprising the steps of:
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reading machine-readable data from a machine-readable storage medium installed in the electronic book, the machine-readable data representative of text of a book; displaying at least one page of the text represented by the machine-readable data; monitoring a reading pace;
determining an amount of information remaining in a portion of the book;
calculating an estimated completion time for the portion of the book based on the reading pace and the amount of information; anddisplaying the estimated completion time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic book comprising:
- a processor operative to read machine-readable data representative of text of a book; and
a display device in communication with the processor to display at least one page of the text represented by the machine-readable data; wherein the processor monitors a reading pace of a user over the at least one page and commands the display device to display the reading pace;
the processor is operative to determine an amount of information remaining in a portion of the book and to calculate an estimated completion time for the portion of the book based on the reading pace and the amount of information, and wherein the display device displays the estimated completion time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- a processor operative to read machine-readable data representative of text of a book; and
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