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Systems and methods for navigating page-oriented information assets

  • US 7,861,186 B2
  • Filed: 04/06/2007
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented system for navigating page-oriented information asset, comprising:

  • a memory; and

    a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute computer executable program circuits, including;

    an input/output circuit retrieving a page-oriented information asset, which incorporates audio speech information organized into pages;

    an element determination circuit determining a plurality of elements within the page-oriented information asset organized into structure levels respectively comprising chapters, sections, paragraphs, sentences and words;

    a current output element circuit outputting each of the elements via an audio mode during a playback;

    a context circuit indicating how the current output element relates to the other element and where the current output element is located within the page-oriented information asset and is associated with an animation;

    a rendering circuit rendering the elements via a visual output mode in a 3-dimension-like rendering during a playback; and

    a spatial context circuit moving through the structure levels and the pages of the page-oriented information asset during a navigation in a direction indicated by an ordering of the structure levels and by a degree of input speed in a user-generated gesture,wherein the processor determines graphical elements associated with the page-oriented information asset and outputs attention attracting display characteristics via the audio output mode when the graphical elements are associated with the current element in the audio presentation.

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