Electronic book and method of capturing and storing a quote therein
First Claim
1. A method of capturing and storing a quote in an electronic book having a rectangular housing, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) reading machine-readable data from a removable machine-readable storage medium installed in the electronic book, the machine-readable data being representative of text from a book;
(b) displaying the text represented by the machine-readable data;
(c) receiving a user-initiated event which selects a portion of the text;
(d) storing quote data representative of the portion of the text in an internal machine-readable storage medium within the electronic book;
(e) storing source data representative of at least one of an author of the book and a title of the book in the internal machine-readable storage medium; and
(f) maintaining the quote data and the source data in the internal machine-readable storage medium when the removable machine-readable storage medium is removed from the electronic book for later retrieval.
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Abstract
A method of capturing and storing a quote in an electronic book includes reading machine-readable data from a removable machine-readable storage medium installed in the-electronic book, and displaying text of a book represented by the machine-readable data. A user-initiated event is received in which a portion of the text is selected. Quote data representative of the portion of the text is stored in an internal machine-readable storage medium within the electronic book. Source data representative of at least one of an author of the book and a title of the book is also stored in the internal machine-readable storage medium. The quote data and the source data are maintained in the internal machine-readable storage medium when the removable machine-readable storage medium is removed from the electronic book.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of capturing and storing a quote in an electronic book having a rectangular housing, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) reading machine-readable data from a removable machine-readable storage medium installed in the electronic book, the machine-readable data being representative of text from a book; (b) displaying the text represented by the machine-readable data; (c) receiving a user-initiated event which selects a portion of the text; (d) storing quote data representative of the portion of the text in an internal machine-readable storage medium within the electronic book; (e) storing source data representative of at least one of an author of the book and a title of the book in the internal machine-readable storage medium; and (f) maintaining the quote data and the source data in the internal machine-readable storage medium when the removable machine-readable storage medium is removed from the electronic book for later retrieval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic book comprising:
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a rectangular housing having a first housing member pivotably connected to a second housing member to facilitate opening and closing in a book-like manner from left to right; an interface which receives a removable machine-readable storage medium containing machine-readable data representative of text from a book; a processor housed by the rectangular housing and in communication with the interface, the processor operative to read the machine-readable data from the removable machine-readable storage medium and to display the text represented by the machine-readable data and to store quote data representative of the portion of the text and source data representative of at least one of an author of the book and a title of the book in the internal machine-readable storage medium, and wherein the quote data and the source data are maintained in the internal machine-readable storage medium for later retrieval when the removable machine-readable storage medium is removed from the electronic book; a touchscreen in communication with the processor and integrated in the rectangular housing to be accessible when the rectangular housing is opened in the book-like manner, the touchscreen operative to display the text represented by the machine-readable data and to receive a user-initiated event which selects a portion of the text; and an internal machine-readable storage medium in communication with the processor and at least partially contained within the rectangular housing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-readable storage medium; and machine-readable data stored on the machine-readable storage medium to direct an electronic book to perform the steps of; (a) reading machine-readable data from a removable machine-readable storage medium installed in the electronic book, the machine-readable data being representative of text from a book; (b) displaying the text represented by the machine-readable data; (c) receiving a user-initiated event which selects a portion of the text; (d) storing quote data representative of the portion of the text in an internal machine-readable storage medium within the electronic book; (e) storing source data representative of at least one of an author of the book and a title of the book in the internal machine-readable storage medium; and (f) maintaining the quote data and the source data in the internal machine-readable storage medium when the removable machine-readable storage medium is removed from the electronic book for later retrieval.
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