SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PUBLISHED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
First Claim
1. A system for displaying published electronic documents, the system comprising:
- an electronic periodical database that stores electronic files representing a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of corresponding published issues to each of said plurality of electronic documents;
an electronic periodical display controller that displays a graphic substrate upon which said plurality of electronic documents and said plurality of corresponding published issues retrieved from said electronic periodical database are arranged; and
a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate said graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function that displays said plurality of electronic documents and published issues within said graphic substrate, and associates input user information with a specific one of said plurality of electronic published issues of said plurality of electronic documents,wherein the electronic periodical display controller is configured to arrange all of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic periodical database into groups based on predetermined criteria such that, in each of said groups, a page location of a query text inputted by a user is displayed in each of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic periodical database.
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Abstract
A system for displaying published electronic documents includes an electronic periodical database that stores electronic files representing a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of corresponding published issues to each of the plurality of electronic documents, an electronic periodical display controller that displays a graphic substrate upon which the plurality of electronic documents and the plurality of corresponding published issues retrieved from the electronic periodical database are arranged, and a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate the graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function that displays the plurality of electronic documents and published issues within the graphic substrate, and associates input user information with a specific one of the plurality of electronic published issues of the plurality of electronic documents.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for displaying published electronic documents, the system comprising:
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an electronic periodical database that stores electronic files representing a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of corresponding published issues to each of said plurality of electronic documents; an electronic periodical display controller that displays a graphic substrate upon which said plurality of electronic documents and said plurality of corresponding published issues retrieved from said electronic periodical database are arranged; and a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate said graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function that displays said plurality of electronic documents and published issues within said graphic substrate, and associates input user information with a specific one of said plurality of electronic published issues of said plurality of electronic documents, wherein the electronic periodical display controller is configured to arrange all of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic periodical database into groups based on predetermined criteria such that, in each of said groups, a page location of a query text inputted by a user is displayed in each of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic periodical database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for displaying published electronic documents, the system comprising:
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an electronic periodical display controller that displays a graphic substrate upon which a plurality of electronic documents and a plurality of corresponding published issues to each of said plurality of electronic documents are arranged; and a user input controller that receives user input to manipulate said graphic substrate to control a zooming function and a panning function that displays said plurality of electronic documents and published issues within said graphic substrate, and associates input user information with a specific one of said plurality of electronic published issues of said plurality of electronic documents, wherein the electronic periodical display controller is configured to arrange all of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from an electronic periodical database into groups based on predetermined criteria such that, in each of said groups, a page location of a query text inputted by a user is displayed in each of said plurality of electronic documents retrieved from said electronic periodical database. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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