Interactive Electronic Book

• US 20160246464A1
• Filed: 04/18/2016
• Published: 08/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amanda Meredith Havard
• Original Assignee: Amanda Meredith Havard
• Inventors: Havard, Amanda Meredith
• Granted Patent: US 10,042,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/0291 for reading, e.g. e-books constructional details of portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles

Abstract

A computer-storage media having computer executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed on a computing device perform a method for providing an interactive electronic book, the method including providing a user interface for the interactive electronic book, the user interface including representations of pages to display on a display associated with the computing device, providing on one of the representations of the pages of the user interface a watermark icon of an interactive element to display on the display associated with the computing device, associating the watermark icon of interactive content with interactive content, the watermark icon being indicative of presence of the interactive content and a content type for the interactive content, and wherein the user interface further provides for accessing the interactive content by selecting the watermark icon of the interactive content and without navigating away from the pages on which the watermark icon is present.

Claims

1. A method of providing an electronic book for use on a computing device, the method comprising:

providing a user interface for the electronic book to integrate use of social media functions without leaving the electronic book;

wherein the social media functions allow for a reader of the electronic book to communicate with a fictional character of the electronic book.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of creating a social media account for the fictional character of the electronic book.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of embedding a link to the social media account of the fictional character within the electronic book.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the social media account of the fictional character contains material not found within the electronic book.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the social media functions allow the reader to ask questions of the fictional character without leaving the electronic book using the social media account of the fictional character.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the social media functions further allow the reader to receive answers from the social media account of the fictional character without leaving the electronic book.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of allowing the reader to enter social media login information and saving the social media login information so the reader need not re-enter the social media login information as the reader progresses through the book.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the user interface for the electronic book to integrate use of social media functions without leaving the electronic book includes a floating window which displays the social media function over text of the electronic book.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of inviting the reader to take a poll through the social media function at predetermined points within the electronic book.

10. A method of providing an electronic book on a computing device, the method comprising:

associating an interactive element with text within the electronic book;

providing a user interface to a reader of the electronic book using the computing device, wherein the user interface provides for (a) accessing the interactive element and wherein content of the interactive element is dependent upon a position of the text within the electronic book, (b) integrating use of social media functions without leaving the electronic book, wherein the social media functions allow the reader to communicate with a fictional character of the book through a social media platform.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the user interface provides for displaying representations of pages on a display associated with the computing device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the user interface further provides providing on one of the representation of the pages of the user interface a watermark icon of the interactive element and displaying the watermark icon on the display, the watermark icon indicative of the interactive element.

13. The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of creating a social media account for the fictional character of the electronic book.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of embedding a link to the social media account of the fictional character within the electronic book.

15. One or more computer-storage media having computer executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed on a computing device perform a method for providing an interactive electronic book, the method comprising:

providing a user interface for the interactive electronic book, the user interface including representations of pages to display on a display associated with the computing device, wherein the representations of pages include a story about a fictional character using a real product;

providing on one of the representations of the pages of the user interface a watermark icon of an interactive element to display on the display associated with the computing device;

associating the watermark icon of interactive content with interactive content, the watermark icon being indicative of presence of the interactive content, wherein the interactive content is a picture of the real product;

wherein the user interface further provides for displaying the interactive content on the display in a floating window by selecting the watermark icon of the interactive content, wherein the interactive content is displayed without navigating away from the one of the representations of the pages on which the watermark icon is present.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the fictional character is not displayed along with the real product.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the interactive content further includes a link directing a reader to a webpage where the real product may be purchased.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the real product and the watermark icon of an interactive element are displayed on the same one of the representations of pages.