Electronic book reader for presenting enhanced electronic material and electronic supporting data
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1. An electronic media reader comprising:
- an input device for receiving input from a user;
an output device for providing output to a user;
memory comprising;
enhanced electronic material comprising primary content that includes a number of primary content units;
electronic supporting data comprising secondary data elements containing category-specific content; and
instructions; and
at least one processor, when executing the instructions;
displaying a first portion of the enhanced electronic material on a first portion of the output device, the displayed enhanced electronic media including a plurality of primary content units;
displaying a plurality of icons associated with categories of secondary data on a second portion of the output device, each icon being associated with a different category of secondary data;
associating primary content units with the secondary data category icons;
monitoring user input received through the input device;
determining whether a request for a category-specific secondary data element associated with a displayed primary content unit has been received;
displaying the requested secondary data element on a specified portion of the output device if a request for a category-specific secondary data element associated with a displayed primary content unit has been received;
displaying a second portion of the enhanced electronic material on the first portion of the output device, the second portion of the enhanced electronic media containing at least one different primary content unit than the first portion of the enhanced electronic media;
displaying the plurality of icons associated with categories of secondary data on the second portion of the output device while displaying the second portion of the enhanced electronic media; and
determining whether a request for a category-specific secondary data element associated with a displayed primary content unit in the second portion of the enhanced electronic media has been received.
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Abstract
An electronic book reader has an electronic book loaded in memory. The electronic book includes text, as well as markup tags around certain text portions. The markup tags indicate the availability of and link to supplemental content. A touch screen display allows a user to select a category of supplemental content or linked text. The display will show links for the category of content selected by the user, or will show categories of content for the linked text selected by the user.
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1. An electronic media reader comprising:
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an input device for receiving input from a user; an output device for providing output to a user; memory comprising; enhanced electronic material comprising primary content that includes a number of primary content units; electronic supporting data comprising secondary data elements containing category-specific content; and instructions; and at least one processor, when executing the instructions; displaying a first portion of the enhanced electronic material on a first portion of the output device, the displayed enhanced electronic media including a plurality of primary content units; displaying a plurality of icons associated with categories of secondary data on a second portion of the output device, each icon being associated with a different category of secondary data; associating primary content units with the secondary data category icons; monitoring user input received through the input device; determining whether a request for a category-specific secondary data element associated with a displayed primary content unit has been received; displaying the requested secondary data element on a specified portion of the output device if a request for a category-specific secondary data element associated with a displayed primary content unit has been received; displaying a second portion of the enhanced electronic material on the first portion of the output device, the second portion of the enhanced electronic media containing at least one different primary content unit than the first portion of the enhanced electronic media; displaying the plurality of icons associated with categories of secondary data on the second portion of the output device while displaying the second portion of the enhanced electronic media; and determining whether a request for a category-specific secondary data element associated with a displayed primary content unit in the second portion of the enhanced electronic media has been received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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