Method and system for a new-era electronic book

• US 9,400,549 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2014
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iplcontent, LLC
• Original Assignee: Ho Chi Fai, Peter P. Tong
• Inventors: Ho, Chi Fai, Tong, Peter P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pardo, Thuy
• Application Number:
  US14/203,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20140253434A1
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/156, 345/501, 345/418, 345/502, 345/581, 345/633, 707/706, 715/727, 715/254, 715/776, 715/781
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/011 Emotion or mood input determined on the basis of sensed human body parameters such as pulse, heart rate or beat, temperature of skin, facial expressions, iris, voice pitch, brain activity patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

Different methods and systems for a new-era electronic book are disclosed. In one embodiment, the content of the book can be presented by an electronic book device. The device includes a display to present the content to a user; a sensor to sense the user; and a processor. The processor can become aware of an attribute of the user, and change a portion of the content of the electronic book to be presented accordingly. In one embodiment, the attribute is not a behavior of the user. For example, the attribute can be a location of the user. The book can include a story and a non-story theme. The story theme can convey a concept, and the non-story theme can include scenes, scripts and/or props. The portion changed can be the story or the non-story theme, or both.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that include content of an electronic book, the plurality of instructions, when executed by a computing device, result in the computing device:

presenting at least a portion of the content of the electronic book at least via a display of the computing device to a user;

retrieving an attribute of the user regarding a geographical location of the user;

changing at least a portion of the content of the electronic book to be presented in view of the attribute of the user; and

presenting the changed at least a portion of the content of the electronic book at least via the display to the user,

wherein the computing device includes at least a sensor to sense the geographical location of the user,

wherein the computing device to be connected to a network, which includes a social network that at least allows a plurality of people to enter materials and allows them to access the entered materials, and

wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the computing device, further result in the computing device changing at least another portion of the content of the electronic book to be presented via the display, in view of the social network.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the changing of the at least a portion of the content occurs when the user'"'"'s geographical location changes from one country to another country.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the computing device, further result in the computing device retrieving a piece of demographic information of the user to change at least yet another portion of the content of the electronic book to be presented via the display.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the computing device, further result in the computing device retrieving a background of the user to change at least yet another portion of the content of the electronic book to be presented via the display.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic book includes a story theme and a non-story theme.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 5, wherein the story theme to convey a concept to the user.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 5, wherein the non-story theme includes one or more scenes, each scene including a script with at least a prop.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 5, wherein the non-story theme includes at least a language to be used for the story theme.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 5, wherein the at least a portion of the content of the electronic book that is changed is the story theme.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 5, wherein the at least a portion of the content of the electronic book changed is the non-story theme.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the social network includes a social network of the user.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the computing device, further result in the computing device being aware of an event.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 12, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the computing device, further result in the computing device changing at least yet another portion of the content of the electronic book in view of the event.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the computing device, further result in the computing device changing at least yet another portion of the content of the electronic book in view of a piece of information from aggregating data regarding a plurality of people.

15. A computing device to provide content of an electronic book to a user comprising:

a display to present at least a portion of the content of the electronic book to the user;

a sensor to sense a geographical location of the user; and

a processor coupled to the display and the sensor, the processor to

retrieve an attribute of the user, regarding the geographical location of the user;

in view of the attribute of the user, change at least a portion of the content of the electronic book to be presented by the display;

connect to a network, which includes a social network that at least allows a plurality of people to enter materials, and allows them to access the entered materials; and

change at least another portion of the content of the electronic book to be presented by the display, in view of the social network.