Systems and methods for manipulating user annotations in electronic books
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1. An electronic book reader, comprising:
- an annotation subsystem configured to associate user-selected content with a portion of an electronic book; and
an input recognition subsystem, responsive to at least one of orientation and movement of the electronic book reader, configured to cause a change in display of user-selected content responsive to the at least one of orientation and movement of the electronic book reader, wherein the change in display is in a first manner in response to a motion being below a threshold speed, the first manner including switching the display between portrait and landscape, and the change in display is in a second manner in response to the motion being above the threshold speed, the second manner including an animated pouring of the user-selected content to or from a margin.
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Abstract
An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students'"'"' use of textbooks. A finger press on a touch screen produces a contextual menu with user choices that relate to where the finger was pressed or what the user was recently doing with the book. A student provisionally navigates through a book by a specific gesture which, when it stops, returns the user to the previous position in the book. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer.
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7 Claims
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1. An electronic book reader, comprising:
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an annotation subsystem configured to associate user-selected content with a portion of an electronic book; and an input recognition subsystem, responsive to at least one of orientation and movement of the electronic book reader, configured to cause a change in display of user-selected content responsive to the at least one of orientation and movement of the electronic book reader, wherein the change in display is in a first manner in response to a motion being below a threshold speed, the first manner including switching the display between portrait and landscape, and the change in display is in a second manner in response to the motion being above the threshold speed, the second manner including an animated pouring of the user-selected content to or from a margin. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer implemented method of using an electronic book, comprising:
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associating user-selected content with a portion of an electronic book; and changing a display of the user-selected content in response to at least one of orientation and movement of the electronic book reader, wherein the changing the display is in a first manner in response to a motion being below a threshold speed, the first manner including switching the display between portrait and landscape, and the changing the display is in a second manner in response to the motion being above the threshold speed, the second manner including an animated pouring of the user-selected content to or from a margin. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A computer program product that comprises a non-transient computer readable storage medium containing executable computer program instructions for using an electronic book, comprising:
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instructions to associate user-selected content with a portion of an electronic book; and instructions to change a display of the user-selected content in response to at least one of orientation and movement of the electronic book reader, wherein changing the display is in a first manner in response to a motion being below a threshold speed, the first manner including switching the display between portrait and landscape, and the changing the display is in a second manner in response to the motion being above the threshold speed, the second manner including an animated pouring of the user-selected content to or from a margin. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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