Portal for supplying supplementary information for printed books
First Claim
1. A method for supplying hierarchical supplementary information related to printed books in a portal comprising the steps of:
- establishing a portal of supplementary information related to printed books, said supplementary information stored in hypermedia documents retrievable through said portal;
distributing to a user base a plurality of different printed books arrayed at a common location accessible to each user of the user base, each printed book being a non-electronic paper-based book and having inserted therein at least one bookmark;
associating each different printed book with a common uniform address, each said common address referencing a corresponding first hypermedia document in said portal and included on the at least one bookmark inserted in the printed book associated with the common address, said first hypermedia document comprising links to secondary hypermedia documents, said links corresponding to different ones of user classes;
providing a kiosk at said common location for interacting with said portal;
receiving from a user in said user base through said kiosk (a) a user-specified common address obtained from the at least one bookmark corresponding to one of said printed books; and
(b) a user identifier identifying said user as belonging to at least one of the different user classes, wherein, if the user identifier has not previously been supplied to the user, the user identifier is obtained from an attendant at said common location based upon information presented to said attendant by said user;
responsive to receiving said user-specified common address, displaying trough said kiosk in said portal a first hypermedia document corresponding to said user-specified common address;
searching a stored list of user identifiers cross referencing a plurality of user classes to determine which of the different user classes said user belongs to; and
,responsive to identifying said associated user class, displaying through said kiosk one of said secondary hypermedia documents, said secondary hypermedia documents having supplementary information pertaining to said books associated with said user-specified common address, said supplementary information being consonant with said associated user class.
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Abstract
A method for supplying hierarchical supplementary information related to printed books in a portal can include several steps. The method can include the steps of first establishing a portal of supplementary information related to printed books. Second, a plurality of different printed books can be distributed to a user base. Third, each different printed book can be associated with a common uniform address. Fourth, a kiosk can be provided for interacting with the portal. Fifth, a user-specified common address can be received from a user in the user base through the kiosk, the user-specified address corresponding to the printed books. Sixth, upon receiving the user-specified common address, a first hypermedia document corresponding to the user-specified common address can be displayed through the kiosk in the portal. The seventh step can include identifying in the first hypermedia document corresponding to the user-specified common address a user class associated with the user. Finally, in response to identifying the associated user class, one of the secondary hypermedia documents can be displayed through the kiosk, the secondary hypermedia documents having supplementary information pertaining to the book associated with the user-specified common address. Moreover, the supplementary information can be consonant with the associated user class.
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1. A method for supplying hierarchical supplementary information related to printed books in a portal comprising the steps of:
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establishing a portal of supplementary information related to printed books, said supplementary information stored in hypermedia documents retrievable through said portal; distributing to a user base a plurality of different printed books arrayed at a common location accessible to each user of the user base, each printed book being a non-electronic paper-based book and having inserted therein at least one bookmark; associating each different printed book with a common uniform address, each said common address referencing a corresponding first hypermedia document in said portal and included on the at least one bookmark inserted in the printed book associated with the common address, said first hypermedia document comprising links to secondary hypermedia documents, said links corresponding to different ones of user classes; providing a kiosk at said common location for interacting with said portal; receiving from a user in said user base through said kiosk (a) a user-specified common address obtained from the at least one bookmark corresponding to one of said printed books; and
(b) a user identifier identifying said user as belonging to at least one of the different user classes, wherein, if the user identifier has not previously been supplied to the user, the user identifier is obtained from an attendant at said common location based upon information presented to said attendant by said user;responsive to receiving said user-specified common address, displaying trough said kiosk in said portal a first hypermedia document corresponding to said user-specified common address; searching a stored list of user identifiers cross referencing a plurality of user classes to determine which of the different user classes said user belongs to; and
,responsive to identifying said associated user class, displaying through said kiosk one of said secondary hypermedia documents, said secondary hypermedia documents having supplementary information pertaining to said books associated with said user-specified common address, said supplementary information being consonant with said associated user class. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for supplying hierarchical supplementary information related to printed books in a portal comprising the steps of:
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establishing a portal of supplementary information related to printed books, said supplementary information stored in hypermedia documents retrievable through said portal; distributing to a user base a plurality of different printed books arrayed at a common location accessible to each user of the user base, each printed book being a non-electronic paper-based book and having inserted therein at least one bookmark; associating each different printed book with a common uniform address, each said common address referencing a corresponding first hypermedia document in said portal and included on the at least one bookmark inserted in the printed book associated with the common address, said first hypermedia document comprising links to secondary hypermedia documents, said links corresponding to different ones of user classes; providing a kiosk at said common location for interacting with said portal; receiving from a user in said user base through said kiosk (a) a user-specified common address obtained from the at least one bookmark corresponding to one of said printed books and (b) a user identifier identifying said user as belonging to at least one of the different user classes, wherein said user has been previously supplied the user identifier or receives the user identifier from an attendant in the proximity of the kiosk based upon information presented to said attendant by said user; responsive to receiving said user-specified common address, displaying through said kiosk in said portal a first hypermedia document corresponding to said user-specified common address; searching a stored list of user identifiers cross referencing a plurality of user classes to determine which of the different user classes said user; searching a stored list of and, responsive to identifying said associated user class, displaying through said kiosk one of said secondary hypermedia documents, said secondary hypermedia documents having supplementary information pertaining to said books associated with said user-specified common address, said supplementary information being consonant with said associated user class; wherein said secondary hypermedia documents are displayed through said kiosk as a sequence of images, and wherein a rate at which the sequence of images are displayed is based upon the user class to which said user belongs.
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