SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SERIAL VISUAL CONTENT PRESENTATION

• US 20130100139A1
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cognitive Media Innovations (Israel), Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Cognitive Media Innovations (Israel), Ltd.
• Inventors: Schliesser, Sagi, Kushnir, Oran
• Application Number:
  US13/704,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20130100139A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/467
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip

Abstract

A system of presenting textual content over a display area of a user device. The system enabling receiving text segments from a textual content, identifying relative location of each text segment in relation to the textual content, and displaying the text segments and an indication relating to the relative location of the displayed text segment over the display area. The indication is presented over the display area substantially simultaneously to the displaying of the text segment associated therewith. The system may further enable receiving and analyzing personal data relating to the user and adapting the serial visual presentation of the text segments according to the analysis of the personal data.

Claims

1. A system of presenting textual content over a display area of at least one user device, said system comprising:

an analysis module which receives a plurality of text segments of a textual content and identifies relative location of each said text segment in said textual content; and

a serial visual presentation module which consecutively displays said plurality of text segments over said display area each substantially simultaneously with at least one indication relating to a respective said relative location.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said indication is of the relative location of each said displayed text segment.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said analysis module calculates a remaining reading time estimation for each said text segment, said indication comprising a respective said remaining reading time estimation.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said analysis module performs a content analysis of said textual content by identifying a complexity level of each word in said textual content, said serial visual presentation module adapts serial visual presentation of said textual content, according to said content analysis.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said analysis module performs an environmental analysis by receiving environmental data relating to the at least one user, said serial visual presentation module adapts serial visual presentation of said textual content, according to said environmental analysis.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said analysis module retrieves said environmental data from at least one sensor, configured to sense environmental conditions of the at least one user.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said analysis module performs a contextual analysis of the textual content, by identifying a type of the textual content, said serial visual presentation module adapts serial visual presentation of said textual content, according to said contextual analysis.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a personalization module, operatively associated with said serial visual presentation module, said personalization module identifies reading pace of the at least one user, said serial visual presentation module adapts serial visual presentation of said textual content according to said identified reading pace.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said personalization module monitors and stores information relating to reading habits of the at least one user for a predefined period for determining an average reading pace of the at least one user.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a navigation module associated with a storage unit, said navigation module is configured to allow a user to navigate through previously displayed text segments by using said identified relative locations and by storing and retrieving of previously displayed text segments from said storage unit.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a statistical module, operatively associated with said analysis module and performs a statistical analysis of reading patterns of a plurality of users, said serial visual presentation module adapts serial visual presentation of said textual content according to said statistical analysis.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising a visuals module, operatively associated with said serial visual presentation module, said visuals module associates words in said text segments with visual effects, and said serial visual presentation module presents said associated visual effect upon displaying of a respective text segment comprising a word associated with said visual effect.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein said analysis module and said serial visual presentation module are operated by a user device, which is a handheld device.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein said analysis module retrieves additional data from an external source relating to activity of the user and analyzes said data, and wherein said serial visual presentation module adapts serial visual presentation of the text segments according to the activity of the user.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said additional data comprises biometric parameters relating to the user activity.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said analysis module and serial visual presentation module are installed in a designated gadget device having a display area, wherein said serial visual presentation is adapted to functionality of said gadget.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said analysis module further enables translating each text segment of said textual content into a vibration segment according to at least one vibration encoding, and said serial visual presentation module enables presenting said vibration segments and said at least one indication relating to a respective said relative location thereof, by controlling a vibration module of said user device.

18. A method of presenting textual content over a display area of at least one user device, said method comprising:

1) receiving a plurality of text segments of textual content;

2) identifying relative location of each text segment in relation to said textual content;

3) consecutively displaying said text segments over said display area; and

4) presenting of at least one indication relating to the identified relative location of each text segment, in real time, upon displaying of a respective said text segment.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein steps 1)-4) are carried out in real time.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising preliminary segmentation of said textual content into said text segments by dividing the textual content into text segments in advance prior to presenting of the first text segment, and wherein said relative location identification includes preliminary identification of the relative location of each of said text segments.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising retrieving code from an online content source, extracting textual content and structural elements from said code, and dividing the textual content into said plurality of text segments according to said structural elements.

22. A system of presenting textual content over a display area of a plurality of user devices, said system comprising:

a central system, which receives textual content from at least one content source, analyzes said textual content and divides said textual content into a plurality of text segments, according to said analysis; and

a plurality of user devices each receives said plurality of text segments from said central system and consecutively displays said plurality of text segments over said display area each substantially simultaneously with at least one indication relating to a relative location thereof in said textual content.

23. A method of presenting textual content over a display area of a user device, said method comprising:

receiving textual content from a content source;

detecting pupil movements of a user watching a serial visual presentation of a plurality of textual segments of said textual content;

determining emotional reaction of the user to each said textual segment by identifying at least one pupil movement;

assigning a complexity level to each said textual segment according to a respective said at least one pupil movement; and

adapting another serial visual presentation of at least some of said plurality of text segments each according to a respective said assigned complexity level.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein said at least one pupil movement is indicative of a focus level.

25. A system of presenting textual content over a display area of a handheld user device, said system comprising:

at least one sensor for reading at least one environmental parameter in proximity to a user using the handheld user device;

an analysis module which receives a plurality of text segments of a textual content; and

a serial visual presentation module which adapts serial visual presentation of said plurality of text segments according to said at least one environmental parameter.

26. A method of presenting textual content over a display area of a user device, said method comprising:

calculating an estimated reading time for reading said textual content; and

presenting said estimated reading time upon presentation of a representation indicative of said textual content, over said display area, so as to allow a user of said user device to view said estimated reading time prior to reading said textual content.