Electronic scrolling book with temporary interruptions
First Claim
1. A hand held electronic book machine having a platform with a keyboard and a display for displaying text, comprising:
- a database mounted to the platform, said database having a first memory portion storing text of a prose work and a second memory portion storing predetermined information relevant to said prose work;
scrolling means operatively connected to said first memory portion of said database and to the display for scrolling said text on the display;
an operator actuated selection means operatively connected to said second memory portion of said database and to the display for permitting operator selection of portions of said predetermined information to be displayed on the display; and
delay means operatively connected to said scrolling means and to said operator actuated selection means for temporarily interrupting the scrolling of said text during display of a selected portion of said predetermined information.
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Abstract
A hand held electronic book machine has a platform with a keyboard and a display for displaying text. The book machine further includes a database mounted to the platform. The database has a first memory portion storing text of a prose work and a second memory portion storing predetermined information relevant to the prose work. The database may be permanently mounted to the platform or, more preferably, removably mounted to the platform for enabling the use of the platform with different databases storing text and ancillary information for different prose works. The book machine also comprises an electronic scrolling mechanism operatively connected to the first memory portion of the database and to the display for scrolling the text on the display. Operator actuated selection componentry is operatively connected to the second memory portion of the database and to the display for permitting operator selection of portions of the predetermined information to be displayed on the display. A delay is operatively connected to the scrolling mechanism and to the operator actuated selection componentry for temporarily interrupting the scrolling, and display, of the text during display of a selected portion of the predetermined information. The predetermined information may include at least one of glossary entries for selected words in the text, summaries of different portions of the text, and resumes of characters in the text.
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53 Claims
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1. A hand held electronic book machine having a platform with a keyboard and a display for displaying text, comprising:
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a database mounted to the platform, said database having a first memory portion storing text of a prose work and a second memory portion storing predetermined information relevant to said prose work; scrolling means operatively connected to said first memory portion of said database and to the display for scrolling said text on the display; an operator actuated selection means operatively connected to said second memory portion of said database and to the display for permitting operator selection of portions of said predetermined information to be displayed on the display; and delay means operatively connected to said scrolling means and to said operator actuated selection means for temporarily interrupting the scrolling of said text during display of a selected portion of said predetermined information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A hand held electronic book machine having a platform with a keyboard and a display for displaying text, comprising:
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a database mounted to the platform and storing text of a prose work; scrolling means operatively connected to said database and to the display for automatically scrolling said text on the display at a substantially uniform rate, independently of any operator input to the platform; and operator actuated scroll adjustment means operatively connected to said scrolling means for adjusting a rate of scrolling of said text on the display, said scrolling means including pause means for temporarily and automatically halting the scrolling of said text on said display in response to markers contained in said text and for subsequently automatically recommencing scrolling of said text on said display at said substantially uniform rate. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A hand held electronic book machine having a platform with a keyboard and a display for displaying text, comprising:
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a database operatively connected to the platform and storing text of the prose work and at least one graphic representation or animation; scrolling means operatively connected to said database and to the display for scrolling said text on the display; animation means operatively connected to said database and said display for displaying said graphic representation or animation on the display; and delay means operatively connected to said scrolling means and said operator actuated animation selection means for temporarily interrupting the scrolling of said text during display of said graphic representation or animation. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A method for operating a hand held electronic book machine having a platform with a keyboard and a display for displaying text, comprising:
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providing a database operatively connected to the platform and storing text of the prose work in a first memory portion and predetermined information in a second memory portion; accessing said first memory portion; upon accessing said first memory portion, automatically scrolling said text on the display; after scrolling of said text on the display, accessing said second memory portion to select a portion of said predetermined information in said second memory portion; after accessing said second memory portion, displaying the selected portion of said predetermined information on the display; and temporarily interrupting the scrolling of said text during display of the selected portion of said predetermined information. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A hand held electronic book machine having a platform with a keyboard and a display for displaying text, comprising:
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a database mounted to the platform and storing text of a prose work; scrolling means operatively connected to said database and to the display for automatically scrolling said text on the display, independently of any operator input to the platform; and operator actuated scroll adjustment means operatively connected to said scrolling means for adjusting a rate of scrolling of said text on the display, said scrolling means including pause means for temporarily and automatically halting the scrolling of said text on said display in response to markers contained in said text, said pause means including means for providing pauses of different durations in response to different kinds of said markers, said kinds of said markers including commas, periods and paragraph changes.
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