SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR E-BOOK CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION

• US 20110191692A1
• Filed: 02/03/2010
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Grandios Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Walsh, Richard J., Issa, Benjamin Ferid
• Application Number:
  US12/699,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20110191692A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements

Abstract

A computerized system and method for providing a service that processes a user'"'"'s edit and reading events to determine one or more electronic book, or e-book, contexts for the user is disclosed. In particular, the service calculates a contextual affinity the user has with other users based on e-book contexts for the e-book contexts. The service may automatically establish voice and/or text communication sessions for users identified as having a significant degree of affinity with the user. Once a communication session is established, a user can conveniently collaborate with other users for which commonly determined contexts are relevant. Moreover, the present disclosure also describes how a user can modify incoming text, voice, and notification messages to have an individualized presentation to other users based upon the degree of contextual affinity between various users.

Claims

1. A computerized method for e-book contextual communication, the computerized method comprising:

receiving information that is associated with an e-reader device user event;

identifying e-reader device users, which are relevant to the e-reader device user event based upon a context included in the information or determined from the information, as relevant e-reader device users; and

effecting communication with the relevant e-reader device users.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

an e-book title, an International Standard Book Number (ISBN), a current e-book reading or editing location, an e-reader device location, e-reader device user data, e-reader device data, a content change type, and a modified content.

3. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein effecting communication between the relevant e-reader device users includes sending a message to one or more of the relevant e-reader device users based upon a contextual affinity between a contextual analysis of the information associated with the e-reader device user event and the relevant e-reader device users.

4. The computerized method of claim 3, wherein the message being sent to each relevant e-reader device user is adapted for scalable dramatic effect in relation to the contextual affinity between the contextual analysis of the information associated with the e-reader device user event and the relevant e-reader device users.

5. The computerized method of claim 4, wherein the scalable dramatic effect comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

a volume level of a voice message, an opacity of a font of a text message, a volume level of a page turn sound effect, a dimension scale of a message icon, and a volume setting for a prerecorded sound track present on a messaged e-reader device.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the information is filtered using filter rules to exclude information associated with contextually irrelevant e-reader device user events.

7. The computerized method of claim 6, wherein identifying e-reader device users that are relevant to an e-reader user device event includes a step of analyzing the information to determine the context of the e-reader device user event.

8. The computerized method of claim 7, wherein the step of analyzing the information uses context rules to determine one or more contexts for the e-reader device user event.

9. The computerized method of claim 8, wherein the context rules are provided by at least one of a group consisting of:

authors, publishers, e-book context service providers, e-book reading communities, and e-book reader device users and combinations thereof.

10. The computerized method of claim 9, wherein a contextual distance value is determined for distances between contexts of e-reader device user events.

11. The computerized method of claim 10, further including an ontology of contexts that is useable to determine the contextual distance value.

12. The computerized method of claim 10, wherein the contextual distance value is useable to identify users that are relevant to an e-reader user event.

13. A computerized method for e-book contextual communication, the computerized method comprising:

capturing an e-reader device user event;

obtaining identifications of e-reader device users who are relevant to the e-reader device user event based upon a context of the e-reader device user event; and

effecting communication with the relevant e-reader device users.

14. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein a captured e-reader device user event is filtered using filter rules to exclude contextually irrelevant e-reader device user events.

15. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein a captured e-reader device user event comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

a page turn, a content edit, and a content selection.

16. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein capturing an e-reader device user event further includes a step of analyzing a captured e-reader device user event via context rules to determine one or more contexts for the e-reader device user event.

17. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein a context rule processes a captured e-reader device user event to determine a relative edit location within an e-book content.

18. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein a context rule processes an e-reader device event history to determine an editing behavior of an e-reader device user.

19. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein capturing an e-reader device user event further includes a step of semantically analyzing a captured e-reader device user event to determine one or more contexts for the e-reader device user event.

20. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein effecting communication with the relevant e-reader device users includes sending a message to each relevant e-reader device user based upon a contextual affinity between a contextual analysis of the e-reader device user event and identified relevant e-reader device users.

21. The computerized method of claim 20, wherein the message being sent to each relevant e-reader device user is adapted for a scalable dramatic effect in relation to the contextual affinity between the contextual analysis of information associated with the e-reader device user event and the relevant e-reader device users.

22. The computerized method of claim 21, wherein the scalable dramatic effect comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

a volume level of a voice message, an opacity of a font of a text message, a volume level of a page turn sound effect, a dimension scale of a message icon, and a volume setting for a prerecorded sound track present on a messaged e-reader device.

23. The computerized method of claim 13, further including receiving a contextual message from another e-reader device.

24. The computerized method of claim 23, wherein the contextual message being received from another e-reader device is adapted for a scalable dramatic effect in relation to a contextual affinity between a message receiving e-reader device user and the another e-reader device.

25. A system for e-book contextual communication, the system comprising:

an e-reader device having a memory for storing e-book content and applications, a processor for executing the applications, an embedded communication function and an electronic touch screen for displaying a displayable e-book content and for receiving a user touch gesture for capturing an e-reader device user event associated with a context of the displayable e-book content; and

an e-book context service application stored in the memory of the e-reader device and being executable by the processor of the e-reader device to receive information that is associated with the e-reader device user event, to identify e-reader device users, which are relevant to an e-reader device user event based upon a context determined from the information, as relevant e-reader device users, and to effect communication with the relevant e-reader device users by way of the embedded communication function.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein a captured e-reader device user event comprises at least one of a group consisting of:

a page turn, a content selection, and a content edit.