System and method for displaying published electronic documents
First Claim
1. A system for displaying published electronic documents, said system comprising:
- an electronic document database that stores electronic files representing a plurality of electronic documents;
an electronic document display controller that displays, based on topical contents of said plurality of electronic documents, a graphic substrate upon which said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database is arranged;
a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate said graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function that displays said plurality of electronic documents within said graphic substrate, and associates input user information with a specific one of said plurality of electronic documents, said input user information comprising annotations for a shared use of different users to be displayed on said graphic substrate upon which the plurality of electronic documents is arranged, said annotations comprising annotations of said different users displayed on said graphic substrate;
a scalable tiled graphic composite document rendering unit provided in said graphic substrate that displays information output from said electronic document display controller corresponding to said plurality of electronic documents based on a value of said zooming function and a value of said panning function; and
a periodical selector that is configured to enable one of the users to select a particular issue periodical date to be displayed on said graphic substrate for each of said plurality of electronic documents displayed within the graphical substrate,wherein the electronic document display controller is configured to arrange all of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database into groups based on predetermined criteria such that, in each of said groups, a page location of a query text inputted by said one of the users is displayed in each of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database.
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Abstract
A system and method that displays published electronic documents including an electronic periodical database that stores electronic files representing a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of corresponding published issues to each of the plurality of electronic documents, a electronic periodical display controller that displays a graphic substrate upon which the electronic documents and corresponding published issues are arranged, a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate the graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function, and associates input user information with a specific one of the plurality of electronic published issues, and a user input database that saves the input user information associated with the specific electronic published issue, and displays the stored input user information within the graphic substrate associated with the specific one of the plurality of electronic published issues of the plurality of electronic documents.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for displaying published electronic documents, said system comprising:
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an electronic document database that stores electronic files representing a plurality of electronic documents; an electronic document display controller that displays, based on topical contents of said plurality of electronic documents, a graphic substrate upon which said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database is arranged; a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate said graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function that displays said plurality of electronic documents within said graphic substrate, and associates input user information with a specific one of said plurality of electronic documents, said input user information comprising annotations for a shared use of different users to be displayed on said graphic substrate upon which the plurality of electronic documents is arranged, said annotations comprising annotations of said different users displayed on said graphic substrate; a scalable tiled graphic composite document rendering unit provided in said graphic substrate that displays information output from said electronic document display controller corresponding to said plurality of electronic documents based on a value of said zooming function and a value of said panning function; and a periodical selector that is configured to enable one of the users to select a particular issue periodical date to be displayed on said graphic substrate for each of said plurality of electronic documents displayed within the graphical substrate, wherein the electronic document display controller is configured to arrange all of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database into groups based on predetermined criteria such that, in each of said groups, a page location of a query text inputted by said one of the users is displayed in each of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for displaying published electronic documents, said system comprising:
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an electronic document display controller that displays a graphic substrate upon which a plurality of electronic documents is arranged; a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate said graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function that displays, based on topical contents of said plurality of electronic documents, said plurality of electronic documents within said graphic substrate, and associates input user information with a specific one of said plurality of electronic documents, said input user information comprising annotations for a shared use of different users to be displayed on said graphic substrate upon which the plurality of electronic documents is arranged, said annotations comprising annotations of said different users displayed on said graphic substrate; a scalable tiled graphic composite document rendering unit provided in said graphic substrate that displays information output from said electronic document display controller corresponding to said plurality of electronic documents based on a value of said zooming function and a value of said panning function; and a periodical selector that is configured to enable one of the users to select a particular issue periodical date to be displayed on said graphic substrate for each of said plurality of electronic documents displayed within the graphical substrate, wherein the electronic document display controller is configured to arrange all of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from an electronic document database into groups based on predetermined criteria such that, in each of said groups, a page location of a query text inputted by said one of the users is displayed in each of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method of displaying published electronic documents, said method comprising:
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displaying a scalable graphic tiled graphic substrate, based on topical contents of said plurality of electronic documents, upon which a plurality of electronic documents is arranged; controlling said graphic substrate to manipulate said display of said plurality of electronic documents by a zooming function, a panning function and a selection function; inputting user information to be associated with a specific one of said plurality of electronic documents, said user information comprising annotations for a shared use of different users, said annotations comprising annotations of said different users displayed on said graphic substrate; displaying said stored user information within said graphic substrate associated with said specific one of said plurality of electronic documents on said graphic substrate upon which the plurality of electronic documents is arranged; displaying a composite document rendering that displays information regarding said plurality of electronic documents corresponding to a value of said zooming function and a value of said panning function; and enabling one of the users to select a particular issue periodical date to be displayed on said graphic substrate for each of said plurality of electronic documents displayed within the graphical substrate, wherein said displaying the scalable graphic tiled graphic substrate includes arranging all of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from an electronic document database into groups based on predetermined criteria such that, in each of said groups, a page location of a query text inputted by said one of the users is displayed in each of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A non-transitory programmable storage medium embodying, a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform operations supporting a method of displaying published electronic documents, the operations comprising:
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displaying a scalable tiled graphic substrate, based on topical contents of said plurality of electronic documents, upon which a plurality of electronic documents is arranged; controlling said graphic substrate to manipulate said display of said plurality of electronic documents by a zooming function, a panning function and a selection function; receiving input to manipulate said graphic substrate display of said plurality of electronic documents by a zooming function, a panning function and a selection function; inputting user information to be associated with a specific one of said plurality of electronic documents, said user information comprising annotations for a shared use of different users, said annotations comprising annotations of said different users displayed on said graphic substrate; storing said user information in a user input database; displaying said stored user information within said graphic substrate associated with said specific one of said plurality of electronic documents on said graphic substrate upon which the plurality of electronic documents is arranged; displaying a composite document rendering within said graphic substrate that displays information regarding said plurality of electronic documents corresponding to a value of said zooming function and a value of said panning function; and enabling one of the users to select a particular issue periodical date to be displayed on said graphic substrate for each of said plurality of electronic documents displayed within the graphical substrate, wherein said displaying the scalable graphic tiled graphic substrate includes arranging all of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from an electronic document database into groups based on predetermined criteria such that, in each of said groups, a page location of a query text inputted by said one of the users is displayed in each of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic document database.
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