Creation and exposure of embedded secondary content data relevant to a primary content page of an electronic book

• US 10,042,519 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2014
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nook Digital, LLC (f/k/a Barnesandnoble.com LLC) (Bahwan CyberTek Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Nook Digital, LLC (f/k/a Barnesandnoble.com LLC) (Bahwan CyberTek Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Farago, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOI, DAVID E
• Application Number:
  US14/532,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Disclosed are several methods, apparatus, and a system to create, expose, and hide embedded secondary content data relevant to a primary content page of an electronic book generated by a content generating device. The method, system, and apparatus is enabled through a Y-axis slide apart gesture that is applied to a notification region of the primary content page such that the secondary content data is made visible when the Y-axis slide apart gesture is applied to the notification region. The method, system, and apparatus is also enabled through a Y-axis pinch close gesture that is applied to a boundary of an exposed pane that is appearing in the primary content page such that the Y-axis pinch close gesture collapses the exposed pane in which the secondary content data is made visible. In one embodiment, the system comprises an association server, an electronic book distribution server, and a content rendering device.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a touch-sensitive display for displaying a primary content page and allowing user input, the primary content page being a page of content from a digital document; and

a user interface including a secondary content display mode configured to activate in response to a Y-axis slide apart gesture that is applied to a notification region of the primary content page thereby causing secondary content to be displayed, wherein the notification region is adjacent to first and second portions of content displayed in the primary content page and is configured to expand during the Y-axis slide apart gesture to separate the first and second portions of content adjacent to the notification region to reveal at least a portion of the secondary content therein.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the Y-axis slide apart gesture that is applied to the notification reveals an exposed pane between the first and second portions of content through which the secondary content is made visible.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein a Y-axis pinch close gesture applied to the notification region restores the primary content page to its original form by collapsing the notification region and hiding the secondary content from view.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the secondary content is revealed at a variable speed as determined by the speed at which the Y-axis slide apart gesture is applied.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the notification region is displayed on the touch-sensitive display as a line or image.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and second portions of content in the primary content page comprise is at least one of ASCII text, alphanumeric text and an image.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the secondary content is thematically associated with content displayed on the primary content page.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the secondary content includes at least some content of a different type than the content displayed in the primary content page.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the secondary content includes explanatory data about content in the primary content page, wherein the explanatory data includes at least one of a definition, a translation, a synonym and an antonym.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the secondary content includes textual content in addition to at least one of a trivia content, historical content, and background information content.

11. The device of claim 1, further comprising a network interface device configured to communicatively couple with a network, and receive the at least a portion of secondary content from a secondary content server via the network.

21. The device of claim 1, wherein the digital document is one of an electronic book, an electronic periodical, an electronic manuscript, an electronic recipe, an electronic manual, and an electronic work of authorship.

12. A method comprising:

displaying a primary content page via a touch-sensitive display, the primary content page being a page of content from a digital document;

receiving, via the touch-sensitive display, a Y-axis slide apart gesture that is applied to a notification region of the primary content page; and

displaying secondary content via the touch-sensitive display in response to receiving the Y-axis slide apart gesture, wherein the notification region is adjacent to first and second portions of content displayed in the primary content page and is configured to expand in response to the Y-axis slide apart gesture to separate the first and second portions of content adjacent to the notification region to reveal at least a portion of the secondary content therein.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the Y-axis slide apart gesture that is applied to the notification region separates content adjacent to the notification region in a manner such that the first and second portions of content adjacent to the notification region separate synchronously with an open tactile motion of the Y-axis slide apart gesture and reveals an exposed pane between the separated content through which the secondary content is made visible.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising collapsing, in response to receiving a Y-axis pinch close gesture, the notification region thereby restoring the primary content page to its original form such that the secondary content is hidden from view.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the secondary content is revealed at a variable speed as determined by the speed at which the Y-axis slide apart gesture is applied.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving the at least a portion of secondary content from a secondary content server via a communication network.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving the at least a portion of secondary content from a memory of an electronic device configured with the touch-sensitive display.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a secondary content display process to be carried out, the process comprising:

display a primary content page via a touch-sensitive display, the primary content page being a page of content from a digital document;

receive, via the touch-sensitive display, a Y-axis slide apart gesture that is applied to a notification region of the primary content page; and

display secondary content via the touch-sensitive display in response to receiving the Y-axis slide apart gesture, wherein the notification region is adjacent to first and second portions of content displayed in the primary content page and is configured to expand in response to the Y-axis slide apart gesture to separate the first and second portions of content adjacent to the notification region to reveal at least a portion of the secondary content therein.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the Y-axis slide apart gesture that is applied to the notification region reveals an exposed pane between the first and second portions of content through which the secondary content is made visible.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, the process being further configured to receive the at least a portion of secondary content from a secondary content server via a communication network.