Electronic document reading devices
First Claim
1. A method of displaying one or more pages of a document on an electronic document reading device using a second, computerized electronic device, the method comprising:
- running a document display management program on said second electronic device;
locating, on said second electronic device, an application associated with said document, using said document display management program;
automatically invoking, by said document display management program, opening of said document on said second electronic device using said application associated with said document, wherein said opening of said document is hidden from said user;
generating an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device, in response to said invoking of said opening, by said document display management program causing said application to use an intermediary code module coupled to said application to generate image data representing an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device;
sending said image of said page to said electronic document reading device;
displaying said image of said page on said electronic document reading device;
enabling a user to input data on said displayed image using one or more touch sensitive regions of said electronic document reading device;
storing said input data on said electronic document reading device; and
synchronising said second electronic device with said electronic document reading device to provide said input data to said second electronic device;
wherein said invoking step is triggered by an automatic background synchronisation service to provide image data from said second electronic device to said electronic document reading service and said image data is stored by said electronic document reading device for later display.
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Abstract
We describe a method of displaying one or more pages of a document on an electronic document reading device using a second, computerised electronic device, the method comprising: running a document display management program on said second electronic device; using said management program to invoke an application running on said second electronic device to open said document on said second electronic device, such that said opening of said document is hidden from said user; using an intermediary code module, in particular a printer driver for said application, coupled to said application to generate image data representing an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device; sending said image of said page to said electronic document reading device; and displaying said image of said page on said electronic document reading device.
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11 Claims
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1. A method of displaying one or more pages of a document on an electronic document reading device using a second, computerized electronic device, the method comprising:
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running a document display management program on said second electronic device; locating, on said second electronic device, an application associated with said document, using said document display management program; automatically invoking, by said document display management program, opening of said document on said second electronic device using said application associated with said document, wherein said opening of said document is hidden from said user; generating an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device, in response to said invoking of said opening, by said document display management program causing said application to use an intermediary code module coupled to said application to generate image data representing an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device; sending said image of said page to said electronic document reading device; displaying said image of said page on said electronic document reading device; enabling a user to input data on said displayed image using one or more touch sensitive regions of said electronic document reading device; storing said input data on said electronic document reading device; and synchronising said second electronic device with said electronic document reading device to provide said input data to said second electronic device; wherein said invoking step is triggered by an automatic background synchronisation service to provide image data from said second electronic device to said electronic document reading service and said image data is stored by said electronic document reading device for later display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of displaying one or more pages of a document on an electronic document reading device using a second, computerized electronic device, the method comprising:
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running a document display management program on said second electronic device; locating, by using said management program, an application associated with said document; automatically invoking opening of said document on said second electronic device using an application associated with said document running on said second electronic device such that said opening of said document is hidden from said user and is triggered by an automatic background synchronisation service; using a printer driver for said application to generate data representing said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device; sending said data representing said page to said electronic document reading device for storage for later display; and receiving, at said second electronic device, annotation data representing user annotations of said displayed image of said page. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A paperless electronic printer system comprising:
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a consumer electronic document reading device including;
one or more touch sensitive regions for a user to input data, a processor, and non-volatile memory, and programmed to display one or more pages of a document thereon; anda second, computerized electronic device configured to; run a document display management program on said second, computerized electronic device; locate, by said document display management program, an application associated with said document; automatically invoke, by said document display management program, opening of said document on said second, computerized electronic device using said application associated with said document such that said opening of said document is hidden from said user; generate an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said consumer electronic document reading device, in response to the invoking of said opening, by said document display management program causing said application associated with said document to use an intermediary code module coupled to said application to generate image data representing said image; send said image of said page to said consumer electronic document reading device for display on said consumer electronic document reading device; wherein said processer of said consumer electronic document reading device is configured to; display said image of said page; receive data input on said display image by an user on said one or more touch sensitive regions; store said input data; and synchronise said computerized, second electronic device with said consumer electronic document reading device by providing said stored input data to said computerized, second electronic device, wherein said invoking step is triggered by an automatic background synchronisation service to provide image data from said second electronic device to said electronic document reading device and said image data is stored by said electronic document reading device for later display.
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11. A paperless electronic printing system comprising:
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a consumer electronics device including a processor and non-volatile memory and programmed to display one or more pages of a document on and input annotation data representing user annotations on said displayed one or more pages of said document; and a second, computerized electronic device configured to; run a document display management program on said second electronic device; locate, by said document display management program, an application associated with said document; automatically invoke, by said document display management program, opening of said document on said second electronic device using said application associated with said document such that said opening of said document is hidden from said user and is triggered by an automatic background synchronisation service; use a printer driver for said application to generate data representing said page of said document to be displayed on said consumer electronics device; send said data representing said page to said consumer electronics device for storage and later display; and receive annotation data representing user annotations on said displayed page.
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Specification