Method of substituting names in an electronic book

• US 5,761,681 A
• Filed: 12/14/1995
• Issued: 06/02/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Huffman, James R., Jambhekar, Shrirang Nikanth, Cruickshank, Ronald D., Collins, Russell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes, Gail O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GROUTT, PHILLIP J
• Application Number:
  US08/572,480
• Time in Patent Office: 901 Days
• Field of Search: 395/795, 395/803, 395/751-2, 395/754-5, 395/209, 395/761, 345/173, 345/901, 345/903, 705/27
• US Class Current: 715/210
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0283 for data storage and retrieval

Abstract

A method of substituting names in an electronic book (100) involves selecting an original name to be replaced. In one version the original name is selected by the user highlighting the original name. A substitute name is then determined and the electronic book (100) is updated with the substitute name. In one embodiment, the user types in the substitute name.

Claims

1. A method of substituting names in an electronic book, comprising the steps of:

(a) selecting an original name to be replaced;

(b) determining a substitute name if the original name meets a fog index criteria; and

(c) updating the electronic book with the substitute name.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (a) further includes the step of:

(a1) highlighting the original name to be replaced.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein step (b) further includes the step of:

(b1) entering the substitute name.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein step (c) further includes the step of:

(c1) writing the substitute name over the original name in a dictionary.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein step (a) further includes the step of:

(a1) accessing an author'"'"'s abridged name list.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein step (b) further includes the step of:

(b1) finding the substitute name associated with the original name in the author'"'"'s abridged name list.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) further includes the step of:

(b1) determining if the original name has an associated name in a name abridging list.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein step (a1) further includes the step of searching a special dictionary for the original name that meets the fog index criteria.

9. A computer-readable storage medium containing computer readable information that when plugged into an electronic book performs the following steps of:

(a) determining if an original name meets a fog index criteria;

(b) when the original name meets the fog index criteria, determining if a substitute name is associated with the original name; and

(c) when the substitute name is associated with the original name, replacing the original name with the substitute name in the electronic book.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein step (a) further includes the step of:

(a1) determining if the original name exceeds a predetermined number of characters.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein step (a1) further includes the step of:

(i) accessing a special dictionary;

(ii) selecting a word in the special dictionary that exceeds the predetermined number of characters;

(iii) determining if the substitute name exists for the word; and

(iv) replacing the word with the substitute name.