METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING ELECTRONIC LITERARY MACRAMES ON HANDHELD COMPUTER SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A method for presenting a complex electronic literary or instructional work on a specific class of handheld electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- compiling a database of device configuration characteristics for each class of said handheld electronic device to be used for presentation of said complex electronic literary or instructional work;
compiling said electronic literary or instructional work into one or more sets of components suitable for storage, retrieval, and presentation on each of said classes of handheld electronic devices;
selecting one set of said sets of components;
installing said set of selected components on said handheld electronic device; and
displaying each of said set of selected components on said handheld electronic device.
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Abstract
Handheld computer game-playing systems and similar devices are here adapted for use as electronic readers for literature, specifically supporting complex literary and instructional forms, each a work of literature which is woven and knotted together using many threads of narrative in a nonlinear fashion supported only by programmable electronic systems such as computers. The reader experiences such electronic works on a handheld computing device using conventional Web-browser software supported by said device. The electronic work is adapted to any restrictions or special characteristics of the handheld device to facilitate its proper presentation and use.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for presenting a complex electronic literary or instructional work on a specific class of handheld electronic device, comprising the steps of:
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compiling a database of device configuration characteristics for each class of said handheld electronic device to be used for presentation of said complex electronic literary or instructional work; compiling said electronic literary or instructional work into one or more sets of components suitable for storage, retrieval, and presentation on each of said classes of handheld electronic devices; selecting one set of said sets of components; installing said set of selected components on said handheld electronic device; and displaying each of said set of selected components on said handheld electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for presenting a complex electronic literary or instructional work on a handheld electronic device, comprising:
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a plurality of publishing computer systems, each further comprising one or more processors (CPUs), a user display interface component, one or more user input interface components, one or more memory components, and one or more external communications components; a plurality of handheld electronic devices, each further comprising one or more processors (CPUs), a user display interface component, one or more user input interface components, one or more memory components, and one or more external communications components; a configuration database component of a plurality of classes of handheld device configuration characteristics stored on said plurality of publishing computer systems; a window map database component of each said class of handheld device configuration characteristics; a plurality of electronic literary or instructional input files for said electronic literary or instructional work stored on said plurality of publishing computer systems. a plurality of presentation component files for said electronic literary or instructional work stored on said plurality of publishing computer systems. a plurality of publishing software applications; and a plurality of presentation software applications stored on said handheld electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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