Dynamically customizing a digital publication

• US 9,535,885 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2012
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bassemir, Richard T., Hoffman, Beth L., Owings, Terry A., Walker, Artis L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROBINSON, MARSHON L
• Application Number:
  US13/536,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20140006925A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: 715/825, 715/234
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154

Abstract

A method for dynamically customizing a digital publication includes sequentially presenting content of a digital publication by one or more of visually displaying the content on an electronic display and audibly narrating the content. The method includes detecting a customization tag in the content. The customization tag indicates a portion of the content customizable according to a geographic location. The customization tag is associated with customization content. The customization content is associated with the geographic location. The method includes accessing the customization content associated with the customization tag. The customization content includes one or more of text content, visual content, and audible content. The method includes presenting the customization content at a point in the content indicated by the customization tag.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sequentially presenting content of a digital publication by one or more of visually displaying the content on an electronic display of an electronic book reader and audibly narrating the content in the electronic book reader, the content of the digital publication comprising text content of a book, the text content being presented according to a predetermined order;

determining a first geographic location of the electronic book reader;

parsing the text content ahead of a current presentation location in the text content for a customization tag, the current presentation location comprising a location in the text content currently being presented on the electronic book reader;

detecting a customization tag in the text content at a location in the text content ahead of the current presentation location, the customization tag indicating a portion of the text content customizable according to the first geographic location of the electronic book reader, the customization tag associated with customization content, the customization content associated with the first geographic location;

accessing the customization content associated with the customization tag, the customization content comprising one or more of text content, visual content, and audible content;

pre-loading the customization content in response to detecting the customization tag at a location in the text content ahead of the current presentation location;

presenting the customization content at a point in the text content indicated by the customization tag;

detecting the first geographic location of the electronic book reader change from the first geographic location to a second geographic location different from the first geographic location; and

dynamically changing the customization content for the customization tag from content associated with the first geographic location to content associated with the second geographic location while the text content is presented on the electronic book reader in response to detecting the geographic location change from the first geographic location to the second geographic location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location comprises a geographic location of a computing device in communication with the electronic display, the computing device sequentially presenting the content and wherein the method further comprises obtaining the geographic location of the computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein obtaining the geographic location of the computing device further comprises obtaining the geographic location from one or more of a user preference, a Global Positioning System (GPS) device in communication with the computing device, a mobile phone localization process, and a network in communication with the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographic location comprises a user preference, the user preference overriding a geographic location of a computing device in communication with the electronic display, the computing device sequentially presenting the content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the customization tag specifies one or more of a text segment, an audio clip, an audio volume, and an audio duration.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the customization content comprises non-persistent customization content, the non-persistent customization content associated with a current geographic location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the customization content comprises persistent customization content, the persistent customization content associated with a persistent geographic location.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a current geographic location comprises a first geographic location and wherein the persistent geographic location comprises the first geographic location, the method further comprising:

presenting the customization content for the customization tag, the customization content associated with the first geographic location;

detecting the current geographic location change from the first geographic location to a second geographic location different from the first geographic location; and

presenting the customization content for the customization tag subsequent to detecting the current geographic location change from the first geographic location to the second geographic location, the customization content associated with the first geographic location.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising referencing a plurality of user preferences wherein the customization content is based at least in part of one or more of the plurality of user preferences.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising determining the plurality of user preferences based on one or more of audio content stored on a computing device and audio content associated with a user'"'"'s Internet music account.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the customization content comprises one of a character trait, a character name, a location trait, a location name, weather, a song, and a sound effect.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a presentation module that sequentially presents content of a digital publication by one or more of visually displaying the content on an electronic display of an electronic book reader and audibly narrating the content in the electronic book reader, the content of the digital publication comprising text content of a book, the text content being presented according to a predetermined order;

a location module that determines a first location of the electronic book reader;

a search-ahead module that parses the text content ahead of a current presentation location in the text content for a customization tag, the current presentation location comprising a location in the text content currently being presented on the electronic book reader;

a detection module that detects a customization tag in the text content at a location in the text content ahead of the current presentation location, the customization tag indicating a portion of the content customizable according to the first geographic location of the electronic book reader, the customization tag associated with customization content, the customization content associated with the first geographic location;

an access module that accesses the customization content associated with the customization tag, the customization content comprising one or more of text content, visual content, and audible content;

a pre-load module that pre-loads the customization content in response to detecting the customization tag at a location in the text content ahead of the current presentation location; and

a customization module that presents the customization content associated with the first geographic location at a point in the content indicated by the customization tag, the customization content being dynamically changed from content associated with the first geographic location to content associated with the second geographic location while the text content is presented on the electronic book reader in response to detecting a change of the first geographic location of the electronic book reader to a second geographic location is detected, the second geographic location being different than the first geographic location.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the geographic location comprises a geographic location of a computing device in communication with the electronic display, the computing device sequentially presenting the content and wherein the apparatus further comprises a location module that obtains the geographic location of the computing device.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a memory storing one or more of the presentation module, the detection module, the access module, and the customization module; and

a processor in communication with the memory and the electronic display, the processor executing one or more of the presentation module, the detection module, the access module, and the customization module.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code for:

sequentially presenting content of a digital publication by one or more of visually displaying the content on an electronic display of an electronic book reader and audibly narrating the content in the electronic book reader, the content of the digital publication comprising text content of a book, the text content being presented according to a predetermined order;

determining a first geographic location of the electronic book reader;

parsing the text content ahead of a current presentation location in the text content for a customization tag, the current presentation location comprising a location in the text content currently being presented on the electronic book reader;

detecting a customization tag in the text content at a location in the text content ahead of the current presentation location, the customization tag indicating a portion of the text content customizable according to a first geographic location of the electronic book reader, the customization tag associated with customization content, the customization content associated with the first geographic location;

accessing the customization content associated with the customization tag, the customization content comprising one or more of text content, visual content, and audible content;

pre-loading the customization content in response to detecting the customization tag at a location in the text content ahead of the current presentation location;

presenting the customization content at a point in the text content indicated by the customization tag;

detecting the first geographic location of the electronic book reader change from the first geographic location to a second geographic location different from the first geographic location; and

dynamically changing the customization content for the customization tag from content associated with the first geographic location to content associated with the second geographic location while the text content is presented on the electronic book reader in response to detecting the geographic location change from the first geographic location to the second geographic location.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising searching ahead of a current presentation location in the content for the customization tag, the current presentation location comprising a location in the content currently being presented, wherein detecting the customization tag in the content further comprises detecting the customization tag at a location in the content ahead of the current presentation location.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising pre-loading the customization content prior to presenting the customization content in response to detecting the customization tag at a location in the content ahead of the current presentation location.