Electronic publication system

• US 7,478,324 B1
• Filed: 11/17/2000
• Issued: 01/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shuichi Ohtsu
• Original Assignee: Shuichi Ohtsu
• Inventors: Ohtsu, Shuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton, Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Maikhanh
• Application Number:
  US09/714,184
• Time in Patent Office: 2,979 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-203, 709/217, 707/502, 707/531, 707/501, 707/500, 345/200.49, 345/153, 345/615, 705 1- 4, 705/51, 705/50, 705/57, 283/117, 715/530, 715/501.1, 715/526, 715/200, 715/205, 715/209, 715/234, 715/255, 715/256, 715/265, 715/743, 715/744, 715/745, 715/746, 715/760, 369/47.12, 369/47.1, 369/84, 726/2, 726/4, 726/21, 726/22, 726 26- 30
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

The composition of writing data is dynamically reedited from a registered group of writing data on the basis of the request contents of an individual reader, or the contents of the writing data are dynamically reedited from the registered group of writing data on the basis of the personal information of the reader, and the reedited writing data is provided to only the reader as a publication. The contents and configurations of an original to be published are dynamically reedited on the basis of the personal information and the request of the reader who is a user, and a publication having contents and a composition which are unique to the reader can be issued.

Claims

1. An electronic publication system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

registration means for registering in a publication database writing data, said writing data including a purchaser information variable inserted by an author of said writing data in a publication database;

a personal data input that registers personal data associated with an individual purchaser;

a personal contents input that accepts requests for contents of a publication to be provided to the individual purchaser according to the tastes and necessities of the individual purchaser;

a dynamic re-editing function for dynamically re-editing a composition of the writing data from a group of writing data registered in the publication database, on the basis of contents requested by the individual purchaser; and

an output configured to;

provide the re-edited composition of the writing data only to the individual purchaser as an uneditable publication;

replace the purchaser information variable in the writing data with information unique to the individual purchaser based on the personal data associated with the individual purchaser; and

including include content dynamically and uniquely edited for the individual purchaser,

wherein the uniquely edited content serves as a source identifier in order to deter the re-edited composition from being illegally copied, said re-edited composition not containing any copy protection technique,

wherein said output is further configured to provide the uneditable publication only to the individual purchaser through a network, and

wherein the dynamically re-edited composition renders the uneditable publication as a unique publication in a manner so as to include the personal contents identifying the individual purchaser, such that reproduction of the uneditable publication carries personal data associated with the individual purchaser in a manner that discourages distribution by the individual purchaser and discourages receipt by a third party.

2. The electronic publication system according to claim 1, wherein the contents requested by the individual purchaser are at least one piece of data selected from a group consisting of an author name, a field, a keyword, and a level.

3. The electronic publication system according to claim 1, wherein the personal information of the individual purchaser is name data of a corresponding reader.

4. The electronic publication system according to claim 1, wherein the writing data is book data constituted by character data.

5. The electronic publication system according to claim 4, wherein the book data includes image data.

6. The electronic publication system according to claim 4, wherein the registration means registers writing data in the publication database in units of articles, and re-edits the writing data in units of articles.

7. The electronic publication system according to claim 1, wherein the writing data is constituted by at least one piece of data selected from a group consisting of movie data, still image data, and audio data.

8. The electronic publication system according to claim 1, wherein the writing data is music data.

9. The electronic publication system according to claim 1, wherein the writing data is a computer program.

10. An electronic publication system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

registration means for registering in a publication database writing data, said writing data including a purchaser information variable inserted by an author of said writing data;

a personal data input that registers personal data associated with an individual purchaser and that accepts requests for contents of a publication to be provided to the individual purchaser according to the tastes and necessities of the individual purchaser;

a dynamic editing function for dynamically editing a composition of the writing data on the basis of contents requested by the individual purchaser and dynamically re-editing the contents of the writing data to include therein personal information of the purchaser, from a group of writing data registered in the publication database; and

an output configured to;

provide the edited composition of writing data only to the purchaser as an uneditable publication;

replace the purchaser information variable in the writing data with information unique to the individual purchaser based on the personal data associated with the individual purchaser; and

include content dynamically and uniquely edited for the individual purchaser,

wherein the uniquely edited content serves as a source identifier in order to deter the re-edited contents from being illegally copied, said re-edited contents not containing any copy protection technique,

wherein said output is further configured to provide the uneditable publication only to the individual purchaser through a network, and

wherein the dynamically re-edited contents renders the uneditable publication as a unique publication in a manner so as to include the personal contents identifying the individual purchaser, such that reproduction of the uneditable publication carries personal data associated with the individual purchaser in a manner that discourages distribution by the individual purchaser and discourages receipt by a third party.

11. The electronic publication system according to claim 10, wherein the contents requested by the individual purchaser are at least one piece of data selected from a group consisting of an author name, a field, a keyword, and a level.

12. The electronic publication system according to claim 10, wherein the personal information of the individual purchaser is name data of a corresponding reader.

13. The electronic publication system according to claim 10, wherein the writing data is book data constituted by character data.

14. The electronic publication system according to claim 13, wherein the book data includes image data.

15. The electronic publication system according to claim 13, wherein the registration means registers writing data in the publication database in units of articles, and re-edits the writing data in units of articles.

16. The electronic publication system according to claim 10, wherein the writing data is constituted by at least one piece of data selected from a group consisting of movie data, still image data, and audio data.