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Self-contained and automated eLibrary profiling system

  • US 9,836,751 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2003
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for collecting information about a user of an electronic consumable, comprising:

  • an apparatus, the apparatus having an input device and a multiplicity of sensors, memory and at least one processor;

    an electronic consumable in the form of an eBook displayed in the apparatus, wherein the electronic consumable comprises a multiplicity of different objects, each object comprising either a paragraph or a figure of the eBook; and

    ,biological data gathering program code executing in the memory of the apparatus, the program code programmed to cause a processor set to perform operations including the following;

    detecting an end user accessing one of the objects and responding to the detection byinspecting embedded code in the one of the objects to identify one of the multiplicity of the sensors and a reporting preference for data collected through the one of the multiplicity of the sensors,activating the identified one of the multiplicity of the sensors, obtaining biological data of the end user through the activated one of the multiplicity of the sensors, andreporting the obtained biological data as specified by the reporting preference of the embedded code in the one of the objects.

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