Managing status of search index generation

• US 8,234,282 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2007
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Retzlaff, James R. II, Lattyak, John, Ryan, Thomas A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, Yuk Ting
• Application Number:
  US11/763,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20080294674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,874 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/325 Power saving in peripheral device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/31 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/109 by using specially-adapted hardware at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/1235 with control of digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

Electronic items may be searched using search indices. Search indices may be generated for electronic items at a user device. In that case, a list of one or more electronic items stored in memory of the user device may be displayed, and a status of index generation for the electronic items stored in memory of the device may be presented.

Claims

1. A method implemented at least partially by an electronic book reader device, the method comprising:

under control of one or more electronic book reader device systems configured with executable instructions,

displaying, on a display of the electronic book reader device, a list of one or more titles of one or more electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device;

providing a status of index generation on the display of the electronic book reader device, the status of index generation indicating whether a text-searchable index exists for the one or more electronic books listed by title on the display and stored in memory of the electronic book reader device; and

displaying an indicator on the display of the electronic book reader device indicating progress of search index generation of at least one of the electronic books for which a searchable index is currently being generated.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the status of index generation comprises a status indicator associated with one or more of the electronic books in the list.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting a priority interface, by which a user may set an order in which the electronic book reader device is to generate search indexes for the electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing a priority order in which the electronic book reader device is to generate search indexes for the electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising pausing index generation while performing a task.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising pausing index generation in response to one or more of the following:

operation of a button of the device, insertion of memory into the device, receipt of a new electronic item, or updating software of the device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising slowing index generation while performing a task.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising slowing index generation in response to one or more of the following:

playing an audio file or executing an application program.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein each search index comprises substantially all of the words in at least one of the electronic books stored in the memory of the electronic book reader device.

10. A handheld electronic book reader device comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing an index module and instructions executable on the processor to implement a method comprising;

displaying, on a display of the electronic book reader device, a list of one or more titles of one or more electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device;

providing a status of index generation on the display of the electronic book reader device, the status of index generation indicating whether a text-searchable index exists for the one or more electronic books listed by title on the display and stored in memory of the electronic book reader device; and

displaying an indicator on the display of the electronic book reader device indicating progress of search index generation of at least one of the electronic books for which a searchable index is currently being generated.

11. The handheld electronic book reader device of claim 10, wherein the status of index generation comprises a status indicator associated with one or more of the electronic books in the list.

12. The handheld electronic book reader device of claim 10, further comprising presenting a priority interface, by which a user may set an order in which the electronic book reader device is to generate search indexes for the electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device.

13. The handheld electronic book reader device of claim 10, further comprising changing a priority order in which the electronic book reader device is to generate search indexes for the electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device.

14. The handheld electronic book reader device of claim 10, further comprising pausing index generation while performing a task.

15. The handheld electronic book reader device of claim 10, further comprising pausing index generation in response to one or more of the following:

operation of a button of the device, insertion of memory into the device, receipt of a new electronic item, or updating software of the device.

16. The handheld electronic book reader device of claim 10, further comprising slowing index generation while performing a task.

17. The handheld electronic book reader device of claim 10, further comprising slowing index generation in response to one or more of the following:

playing an audio file or executing an application program.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:

displaying, on a display of the electronic book reader device, a list of one or more titles of one or more electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device;

providing a status of index generation on the display of the electronic book reader device, the status of index generation indicating whether a text-searchable index exists for the one or more electronic books listed by title on the display and stored in memory of the electronic book reader device; and

displaying an indicator on the display of the electronic book reader device indicating progress of search index generation of at least one of the electronic books for which a searchable index is currently being generated.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the status of index generation comprises a status indicator associated with one or more of the electronic books in the list.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts further comprising:

presenting a priority interface, by which a user may set an order in which the electronic book reader device is to generate search indexes for the electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts further comprising:

changing a priority order in which the electronic book reader device is to generate search indexes for the electronic books stored in memory of the electronic book reader device.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts further comprising:

pausing index generation while performing a task.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts further comprising:

pausing index generation in response to one or more of the following;

operation of a button of the device, insertion of memory into the device, receipt of a new electronic item, or updating software of the device.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts further comprising:

slowing index generation while performing a task.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts further comprising:

slowing index generation in response to one or more of the following;

playing an audio file or executing an application program.