Electronic book connection to world watch live
First Claim
1. An electronic book, comprising:
- a screen for displaying an electronic book content;
at least one first component with at least one underlying link, wherein, upon selection of the at least one first component, the at least one first component links to at least an Internet web site for providing a plurality of streaming video, audio and text data when connected to the electronic book, wherein location information for each of the plurality of streaming video, audio and text data is provided in at least one hidden links table and the at least one hidden links table is provided in conjunction with downloading the content of the electronic book from a remote provider, and each of the at least one hidden links table is associated with the at least one first component with the at least one underlying link, and wherein the location information provides access to the plurality of streaming video, audio and text data, and wherein the at least one first component is a part of a content of the electronic book; and
a control function wherein the control function allows selection of one or more of the plurality of streaming video, audio and text data while displaying the content of the electronic book, and wherein the selected data is displayed on the screen of the electronic book,wherein the hidden links table is updatable from a most current links table using information transmitted via the Internet web site from the remote provider, wherein the most current links table is downloaded to the electronic book either periodically by the remote provider, or when a new electronic book content is downloaded to the electronic book by the remote provider, andwherein the control function includes an on-screen show links button, upon selection of which a link menu is displayed on the screen of the electronic book along with the content of the electronic book, wherein the link menu shows all of the first components with the underlying links contained in the content of the electronic book displayed on the screen of the electronic book, and shows linked materials including a number of links, link numbers and descriptions of the linked materials that each of the first components with the underlying links is able to be linked to, such that, by choosing one of the links, a user is able to link to one of the linked materials.
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Abstract
An electronic book selection and delivery system distributes text to subscribers. The system includes the ability to use electronic links as well as a system for creating electronic links between specific electronic books and other electronic files. The links may be used or accessed by a menu system or by operation of a cursor and a select button. The other electronic files could be portions of a specific electronic book, such as a Table of Contents. The other electronic files could also exist external to a specific electronic book. For example, definitions provided in an electronic English-language dictionary could be linked to terms contained in an electronic book. The electronic links may be created by the book publisher or may be subscriber-defined. The links may use standard programming language such as hypertext markup language (HTML). The links may be established through use of a relational database.
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23 Claims
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1. An electronic book, comprising:
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a screen for displaying an electronic book content; at least one first component with at least one underlying link, wherein, upon selection of the at least one first component, the at least one first component links to at least an Internet web site for providing a plurality of streaming video, audio and text data when connected to the electronic book, wherein location information for each of the plurality of streaming video, audio and text data is provided in at least one hidden links table and the at least one hidden links table is provided in conjunction with downloading the content of the electronic book from a remote provider, and each of the at least one hidden links table is associated with the at least one first component with the at least one underlying link, and wherein the location information provides access to the plurality of streaming video, audio and text data, and wherein the at least one first component is a part of a content of the electronic book; and a control function wherein the control function allows selection of one or more of the plurality of streaming video, audio and text data while displaying the content of the electronic book, and wherein the selected data is displayed on the screen of the electronic book, wherein the hidden links table is updatable from a most current links table using information transmitted via the Internet web site from the remote provider, wherein the most current links table is downloaded to the electronic book either periodically by the remote provider, or when a new electronic book content is downloaded to the electronic book by the remote provider, and wherein the control function includes an on-screen show links button, upon selection of which a link menu is displayed on the screen of the electronic book along with the content of the electronic book, wherein the link menu shows all of the first components with the underlying links contained in the content of the electronic book displayed on the screen of the electronic book, and shows linked materials including a number of links, link numbers and descriptions of the linked materials that each of the first components with the underlying links is able to be linked to, such that, by choosing one of the links, a user is able to link to one of the linked materials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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