System and method for a graphical user interface including a reading multimedia container

• US 9,501,792 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2013
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wu, James, Bennett, Robin, O'Donoghue, Tony, Hill, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US13/948,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20140068430A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,218 Days
• Field of Search: 715/848, 715/810, 715/839, 715/764, 715/781, 715/769, 715/830, 715/776, 715/767
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

A system and method for a graphical user interface including a multimedia container. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a first data store corresponding to a multimedia container and accessing a second data store. The multimedia container comprises a first object and the multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. The second data store comprises data corresponding to a first electronic book. The method further includes displaying a first image corresponding to the first object, where the first image comprises a first book cover image corresponding to the first electronic book. The first image further comprises a first statistic corresponding to the first electronic book and the first statistic is related to access of the first electronic book.

Claims

1. A method for rendering a graphical user interface, said method comprising:

accessing, within a mobile device, a first data store corresponding to a multimedia container, wherein said multimedia container comprises a first object, wherein said multimedia container comprises objects corresponding to one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content;

accessing a second data store wherein said second data store comprises data corresponding to a first electronic book; and

displaying a first image corresponding to said first object, wherein said first image comprises a first book cover image corresponding to said first electronic book, and wherein said first image further comprises a first statistic corresponding to said first electronic book, the first statistic indicating an amount of time remaining to finish reading the electronic book, the first statistic being computed based on a user'"'"'s prior rate of reading of the first electronic book.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said first statistic comprises a percent complete of said electronic book.

3. The method as described in claim 2, wherein said first image further comprises a second statistic of a reading time of said electronic book.

4. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said first image further comprises a second book cover image corresponding to a second electronic book, and wherein said second electronic book is a recommended book.

5. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said first object is a widget.

6. The method as described in claim 1, wherein said multimedia container further comprises a second object, wherein said second object is an application, and further comprising:

displaying an icon corresponding to said application to the left of said first image.

17. The method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

updating the first statistic each time the user accesses the first electronic book.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method for displaying a graphical user interface, said method comprising:

displaying, on a mobile device, a first image comprising a first book cover corresponding to a first electronic book, wherein said first image further comprises a first statistic related to said first electronic book, said first statistic indicating an amount of time remaining to finish reading the first electronic book, the first statistic being computed based on a user'"'"'s prior rate of reading of the first electronic book;

displaying a first portion of a second image wherein a second image comprises a second book cover corresponding to a second electronic book;

in response to an interaction with said first image, displaying said second image, wherein said second image further comprises a second statistic related to said second electronic book, said second statistic indicating an amount of time remaining to finish reading the second electronic book, the second statistic being computed based on the user'"'"'s prior rate of reading of the second electronic book.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 7, said method further comprising:

displaying a third image comprising a third book cover corresponding to a third electronic book and a fourth book cover corresponding to a fourth electronic book, wherein a user'"'"'s library comprises said first electronic book, second electronic book, third electronic book, and fourth electronic book.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 7, wherein said interaction with said first image comprises a swiping motion.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 7, wherein a second portion of said second image is covered by said first image, and wherein the first image and said second image are in a stacked configuration.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 7, wherein said first statistic further comprises a percent complete of said electronic book.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 11, wherein said first statistic further comprises a reading time of said first electronic book.

13. A system comprising:

a processing circuit; and

a display device coupled to said processing circuit;

the processing circuit rendering a graphical user interface, said processing circuit being configured to;

access a data store corresponding to a plurality of electronic books;

compute a respective plurality of statistics related to access of a respective electronic book; and

display a respective image for each of said plurality of electronics books, wherein said respective image comprises a respective book cover image corresponding to said respective electronic book and a display of said respective plurality of statistics, said display of said respective plurality of statistics including a statistic indicating an amount of time remaining to finish reading said respective electronic book, the statistic being computed based on a user'"'"'s prior rate of reading of said respective electronic book.

14. The system as described in claim 13, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

determine a respective recommended electronic book corresponding to said respective electronic book, wherein said respective image further comprises a second respective book cover image corresponding to said respective recommended electronic book.

15. The system as described in claim 13, wherein in response to a user interaction, said display module is operable to display a next respective image for a next respective electronic book, wherein said plurality of electronic books are ordered according to most recent access.

16. The system as described in claim 13, wherein said respective plurality of statistics comprises at least one of a percent completed and a reading time.