Electronic multimedia publishing systems and methods

• US 8,887,042 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2011
• Issued: 11/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Young-Joo Song
• Original Assignee: Young-Joo Song
• Inventors: Song, Young-Joo
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, CONG LAC T
• Application Number:
  US13/698,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20130191708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 715/202, 715/255
• US Class Current: 715/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

An electronic multimedia publishing system includes an authoring system, a service provider system, and a remote computing device. The authoring system creates an enhanced electronic book comprising text, multimedia content, and interactive services. The service provider system allows execution of the interactive services, adapts the enhanced electronic book based on usage of the enhanced electronic book by a user, and interfaces the enhanced electronic book to a plurality of additional services. The remote computing device renders the enhanced electronic book to the user and manages interactions between the user, the enhanced electronic book, and the service provider system using the interactive services.

Claims

1. An electronic multimedia publishing system comprising:

an authoring system that creates an enhanced electronic book comprising text, multimedia content, and interactive services;

a service provider system that allows execution of the interactive services, that adapts the enhanced electronic book based on usage of the enhanced electronic book by a user, and that interfaces the enhanced electronic book to a plurality of additional services; and

a remote computing device that renders the enhanced electronic book to the user and that manages interactions between the user, the enhanced electronic book, and the service provider system using the interactive services,

wherein the authoring system comprises an emulation module that emulates the enhanced electronic book using (i) functions of the service provider system and a configuration of the remote computing device or (ii) functions of a fully functional service provider system and a configuration of a generic remote computing device to verify consistency of the enhanced book with author intent for rendering the enhanced book on the remote computing device.

2. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the remote computing device comprises:

a configuration module that determines the configuration of the remote computing device;

an interaction sensing module that senses interactions between the user, the enhanced electronic book, the remote computing device, and the service provider system; and

a rendering module that renders the enhanced electronic book to the user based on the configuration of the remote computing device and the interactions.

3. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 2, wherein the remote computing device further comprises an adaptation module that adapts the enhanced electronic book based on the configuration of the remote computing device and the interactions.

4. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 3, wherein the remote computing device provides at least a portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book to the service provider system, and wherein the service provider system allows other users to access the adapted enhanced electronic book via one of the plurality of additional services.

5. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 4, wherein the remote computing device extracts the portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book, stores the portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book in a format different than the enhanced electronic book, and exports the portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book from the remote computing device to another device.

6. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the authoring system comprises a deployment module that deploys the enhanced electronic book on the service provider system or directly on the remote computing device when the emulation of the enhanced electronic book is successful.

7. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the service provider system comprises a validation module that determines whether (i) the enhanced electronic book has a format compatible with configuration of the remote computing device, (ii) intellectual property rights associated with the enhanced electronic book are valid, and (iii) content of the enhanced electronic book is legal.

8. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 7, wherein the service provider system further comprises a repository module that stores the enhanced electronic book when validation of the enhanced electronic book is successful.

9. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the remote computing device comprises an adaptation module that adapts the enhanced electronic book based on location data and environmental data associated with the remote computing device.

10. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the remote computing device receives the enhanced electronic book directly from the authoring system or from the service provider system.

11. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the remote computing device directly interacts with one of the plurality of additional services without accessing the one of the plurality of additional services via the service provider system.

12. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the authoring system comprises:

an ingestion module that ingests first data and that generates second data, wherein the first data includes raw content and media to be included in the enhanced electronic book, wherein ingesting the first data includes transcoding the first data, and wherein the second data includes transcoded first data; and

a development and debugging module that (a) creates the enhanced electronic book based on (i) the second data and (ii) at least one of a design layout, a predefined function, a predefined template, and the configuration of the remote computing device and (b) debugs the enhanced electronic book.

13. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the authoring system comprises a digital rights management module that associates intellectual property rights with the enhanced electronic book.

14. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the service provider system comprises an adaptation module that dynamically adapts the enhanced electronic book based on at least one of (i) usage and configuration of the remote computing device, (ii) condition of network connection between the service provider system and the remote computing device, (iii) intellectual property rights associated with the enhanced electronic book, and (iv) legality of content of the enhanced electronic book.

15. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the service provider system comprises an interface module that interfaces the enhanced electronic book and the remote computing device to the plurality of additional services and that executes the interactive services of the enhanced electronic book.

16. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the enhanced electronic book is dynamically updated on the service provider system or directly on the remote computing device.

17. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the authoring system and the service provider system each includes a server, and wherein the remote computing device includes a personal digital assistant.

18. The electronic multimedia publishing system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of additional services includes a payment service, an advertisement service, a social networking service, a navigation service, a travel service, and a promotional service.

19. An electronic multimedia publishing system comprising an authoring system to create an enhanced electronic book that is to be rendered on a remote computing device, the authoring system comprising:

a server computer including;

an ingestion module that ingests first data and that generates second data, wherein the first data includes raw content and media to be included in the enhanced electronic book, wherein ingesting the first data includes transcoding the first data, and wherein the second data includes transcoded first data;

a database module that includes a database of (i) design layouts, predefined functions, and predefined templates for a plurality of electronic books and (ii) configurations of a plurality of remote computing devices capable of rendering the plurality of electronic books;

a development module that creates the enhanced electronic book based on (i) the second data and (ii) at least one of the design layouts, the predefined functions, the predefined templates, and the configurations selected from the database; and

an emulation module that emulates the enhanced electronic book using (i) functions of a service provider system designed to service the enhanced electronic book and a configuration of the remote computing device or (ii) functions of a fully functional service provider system and a configuration of a generic remote computing device to verify consistency of the enhanced book with author intent for rendering the enhanced book on the remote computing device.

20. The publishing system of claim 19, further comprising a deployment module that deploys the enhanced electronic book on the service provider system or directly on the remote computing device when the emulation of the enhanced electronic book is successful.

21. The publishing system of claim 19, further comprising a debugging module that debugs the enhanced electronic book.

22. The publishing system of claim 19, further comprising a digital rights management module that associates intellectual property rights with the enhanced electronic book.

23. The publishing system of claim 19, further comprising the service provider system that services the enhanced electronic book, wherein the service provider system comprises a validation module that determines whether (i) the enhanced electronic book is compatible with the configuration of the remote computing device, (ii) intellectual property rights associated with the enhanced electronic book are valid and (ii) content of the enhanced electronic book is legal.

24. The publishing system of claim 23, wherein the service provider system further comprises a repository module that stores the enhanced electronic book when validation of the enhanced electronic book is successful.

25. The publishing system of claim 24, wherein the service provider system further comprises an adaptation module that dynamically adapts the enhanced electronic book based on at least one of (i) usage and the configuration of the remote computing device, (ii) condition of network connection between the service provider system and the remote computing device, (iii) intellectual property rights associated with the enhanced the enhanced electronic book, and (iv) legality of content of the enhanced electronic book.

26. The publishing system of claim 25, wherein the adaptation module dynamically updates the enhanced electronic book on the service provider system or directly on the remote computing device.

27. The publishing system of claim 23, wherein the service provider system further comprises an interface module that interfaces the enhanced electronic book and the remote computing device to a plurality of additional services and that executes interactive services of the enhanced electronic book.

28. The publishing system of claim 23, wherein the service provider system includes a server that is different from the server computer of the publishing system.

29. The publishing system of claim 19, further comprising the remote computing device, wherein the remote computing device comprises:

an interface module that receives the enhanced electronic book from (i) the system or (ii) the service provider system that services the enhanced electronic book; and

a rendering module that renders the enhanced electronic book to a user on the remote computing device based on the configuration of the remote computing device.

30. The publishing system of claim 29, wherein the remote computing device further comprises an adaptation module that adapts the enhanced electronic book based on (i) the configuration of the remote computing device and (ii) interactions between the user, the remote computing device, the enhanced electronic book, and the service provider system.

31. The publishing system of claim 30, wherein the adaptation module adapts the enhanced electronic book based on location data and environmental data associated with the remote computing device.

32. The publishing system of claim 30, wherein the interface module provides at least a portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book to the service provider system, and wherein the service provider system allows other users to access the adapted enhanced electronic book.

33. The publishing system of claim 29, wherein the remote computing device further comprises:

a configuration module that determines the configuration of the remote computing device, wherein the configuration includes a coding/decoding capability of the remote computing device, presence or absence of (i) a GPS system and (ii) a multimedia system in the remote computing device; and

an interaction sensing module that senses interactions between the user, the remote computing device, the enhanced electronic book, and the service provider system.

34. The publishing system of claim 29, wherein the interface module interfaces the remote computing device directly with one of a plurality of services without accessing the plurality of services via the service provider system, and wherein the plurality of services includes a payment service, an advertisement service, a social networking service, a travel service, a navigation service, and a promotional service.

35. The publishing system of claim 29, wherein the remote computing device includes a personal digital assistant, a handheld device, a tablet, a wireless network device, or a kiosk.

36. A system to service enhanced electronic books comprising:

a server computer including;

a validation module that receives an enhanced electronic book from an authoring system and that determines whether the enhanced electronic book has a format compatible with configuration of a remote computing device designed to render the enhanced electronic book to a user;

a repository module that stores the enhanced electronic book when validation of the enhanced electronic book is successful; and

an adaptation module that dynamically adapts the enhanced electronic book based on (i) usage and configuration of the remote computing device, (ii) condition of network connection between the system and the remote computing device, (iii) intellectual property rights associated with the enhanced electronic book, and (iv) legality of content of the enhanced electronic book.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the validation module determines whether (i) intellectual property rights associated with the enhanced electronic book are valid and (ii) content of the enhanced electronic book is legal.

38. The system of claim 36, wherein the adaptation module dynamically updates the enhanced electronic book on the system or directly on the remote computing device.

39. The system of claim 36, further comprising an interface module that interfaces the enhanced electronic book and the remote computing device to a plurality of additional services and that executes interactive services of the enhanced electronic book.

40. The system of claim 36, further comprising the remote computing device, wherein the remote computing device comprises:

an interface module that receives the enhanced electronic book from (i) the authoring system or (ii) the system;

a configuration module that determines the configuration of the remote computing device, wherein the configuration includes a coding/decoding capability of the remote computing device, presence or absence of (i) a GPS system and (i) a multimedia system in the remote computing device; and

a rendering module that renders the enhanced electronic book to the user on the remote computing device based on the configuration of the remote computing device.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein the remote computing device further comprising an interaction sensing module that senses the interactions between the user, the remote computing device, the enhanced electronic book, and the system, wherein the rendering module renders the enhanced electronic book to the user on the remote computing device based on the interactions.

42. The system of claim 40, wherein the remote computing device further comprises a device adaptation module that adapts the enhanced electronic book based on (i) the configuration of the remote computing device and (ii) interactions between the user, the remote computing device, the enhanced electronic book, and the system.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the interface module provides at least a portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book to the system, and wherein the system allows other users to access the adapted enhanced electronic book.

44. The system of claim 42, wherein the device adaptation module adapts the enhanced electronic book based on location data and environmental data associated with the remote computing device.

45. The system of claim 40, wherein the interface module interfaces the remote computing device directly with one of a plurality of services without accessing the plurality of services via the system, and wherein the plurality of services includes a payment service, an advertisement service, a social networking service, a travel service, a navigation service, and a promotional service.

46. The system of claim 40, wherein the remote computing device includes a personal digital assistant, a handheld device, a tablet a wireless network device, or a kiosk.

47. A mobile computing device comprising:

a receiver that receives an enhanced electronic book from (i) an authoring system that creates the enhanced electronic book or (ii) a service provider system that services the enhanced electronic book;

a display that renders the enhanced electronic book to a user on the mobile computing device based on configuration of the mobile computing device; and

an adaptation module that adapts the enhanced electronic book based on (i) the configuration of the mobile computing device and (ii) interactions between the user, the mobile computing device, the enhanced electronic book, and the service provider system,

wherein the mobile computing device extracts a portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book, stores the portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book in a format different than the enhanced electronic book, and exports the portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book from the mobile computing device to another device.

48. The mobile computing device of claim 47, wherein the mobile computing device provides at least the portion of the adapted enhanced electronic book to the service provider system, and wherein the service provider system allows other users to access the adapted enhanced electronic book.

49. The mobile computing device of claim 47, wherein the adaptation module adapts the enhanced electronic book based on location data and environmental data associated with the mobile computing device.

50. The mobile computing device of claim 47, further comprising a configuration module that determines the configuration of the mobile computing device, wherein the configuration includes a coding/decoding capability of the mobile computing device, presence or absence of (i) a GPS system and (i) a multimedia system in the mobile computing device.

51. The mobile computing device of claim 47, further comprising an interaction sensing module that senses the interactions.

52. The mobile computing device of claim 47, wherein the mobile computing device interfaces directly with one of a plurality of services without accessing the plurality of services via the service provider system, and wherein the plurality of services includes a payment service, an advertisement service, a social networking service, a travel service, a navigation service, and a promotional service.

53. The mobile computing device of claim 47, wherein the mobile computing device includes a personal digital assistant, a handheld device, a tablet, a wireless network device, or a kiosk.

54. A method for an electronic multimedia publishing system, the method comprising:

creating an enhanced electronic book comprising text, multimedia content, and interactive services;

emulating the enhanced electronic book using (i) functions of a service provider system and configuration of a remote computing device or (ii) functions of a fully functional service provider system and configuration of a generic remote computing device to verify consistency of the enhanced book with author intent for rendering the enhanced book on the remote computing device;

executing the interactive services on the service provider system;

adapting the enhanced electronic book at the service provider system based on usage of the enhanced electronic book by a user;

interfacing the enhanced electronic book to a plurality of additional services through the service provider system;

rendering the enhanced electronic book to the user on the remote computing device; and

managing interactions between the user, the enhanced electronic book, and the service provider system using the interactive services.