Systems and methods for improving the readability of content
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the readability of a content on a display device, comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:
- organizing the content into a plurality of sequential segments;
selecting a first of the plurality of sequential segments to be a first reading segment and selecting others of the plurality of sequential segments to be first background segments;
displaying a pane on the display device, the pane configured as a plurality of rows displaying the content in the plurality of sequential segments, wherein each row is configured to display characters, and wherein a first row of the plurality of rows is a reading row and each other row is a background row;
displaying the first reading segment according to a first readability parameter in a location of the reading row;
displaying each first background segment according to a second readability parameter in a location of a respective background row;
upon receiving a transition prompt, sequentially selecting a second one of the plurality of segments to be a second reading segment and selecting others of the plurality of segments to be second background segments;
displaying the second reading segment according to the first readability parameter in the location of the reading row; and
displaying each second background segment according to the second readability parameter in the location of a respective background row,wherein each of the plurality of sequential segments has a maximum size for displaying the content, and wherein each of the plurality of rows has a maximum size substantially equal to the maximum size for displaying the content of the plurality of sequential segments.
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Abstract
A system and method for improving the readability of content wherein content is organized into segments which are each displayed on a respective row on the display device. Each of the segments are made up of characters such as letters and punctuation. The text in a particular row, the reading row, on the display device is displayed differently than the text in the other rows. Each row is consecutively displayed in the reading row until the user has seen each segment of the content presented in the reading row. User are able to configure the display of the reading row text and text in other rows independently.
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19 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the readability of a content on a display device, comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:
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organizing the content into a plurality of sequential segments; selecting a first of the plurality of sequential segments to be a first reading segment and selecting others of the plurality of sequential segments to be first background segments; displaying a pane on the display device, the pane configured as a plurality of rows displaying the content in the plurality of sequential segments, wherein each row is configured to display characters, and wherein a first row of the plurality of rows is a reading row and each other row is a background row; displaying the first reading segment according to a first readability parameter in a location of the reading row; displaying each first background segment according to a second readability parameter in a location of a respective background row; upon receiving a transition prompt, sequentially selecting a second one of the plurality of segments to be a second reading segment and selecting others of the plurality of segments to be second background segments; displaying the second reading segment according to the first readability parameter in the location of the reading row; and displaying each second background segment according to the second readability parameter in the location of a respective background row, wherein each of the plurality of sequential segments has a maximum size for displaying the content, and wherein each of the plurality of rows has a maximum size substantially equal to the maximum size for displaying the content of the plurality of sequential segments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for improving the readability of a content, comprising:
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an input device; a display device; a processor; and a program having executable instructions stored in memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the executable instructions including instructions for; organizing the content into a plurality of sequential segments; selecting a first of the plurality of sequential segments to be a first reading segment and selecting others of the plurality of sequential segments to be first background segments; displaying a pane on the display device, the pane configured as a plurality of rows displaying the content in the plurality of sequential segments, wherein each row is configured to display characters, and wherein a first row of the plurality of rows is a reading row and each other row is a background row; displaying the first reading segment according to a first readability parameter in a location of the reading row; displaying each first background segment according to a second readability parameter in a location of a respective background row; upon receiving a transition prompt, sequentially selecting a second one of the plurality of segments to be a second reading segment and selecting others of the plurality of segments to be second background segments; displaying the second reading segment according to the first readability parameter in the location of the reading row; and displaying each second background segment according to the second readability parameter in the location of a respective background row, wherein each of the plurality of sequential segments has a maximum size for displaying the content, and wherein each of the plurality of rows has a maximum size substantially equal to the maximum size for displaying the content of the plurality of sequential segments. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium for improving the readability of a content on a display device, comprising instructions stored thereon, which when executed on a processor, perform the steps of:
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organizing the content into a plurality of sequential segments; selecting a first of the plurality of segments to be a reading segment and selecting others of the plurality of segments to be background segments; displaying a pane on the display device, the pane configured as a plurality of rows, each row configured to display characters, wherein a first row of the plurality of rows is a reading row and each other row is a background row; displaying the reading segment according to a first readability parameter in a location of the reading row; displaying each background segment according to a second readability parameter in a location of a respective background row; receiving a selection of a plurality of characters in the reading segment from an input device; presenting a first signifier associated with the plurality of characters; displaying a prompt that indicates an availability of a second signifier associated with the plurality of characters; receiving a response to the prompt; and presenting the second signifier. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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