US 10,474,330 B1Granted

Supplementary content layers

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsCraig R. Brookes, Joseph King, Wainwright Gregory Siady Yu, Charles Conroy Moore, Andrew Olcott, Eric Allen Menninga, Brandon LaBranche Watson, Andrew Scott Craft

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Abstract

Some implementations include identifying conflicts between multiple layers of supplementary content associated with a digital work (e.g., an electronic book). For individual conflicts between layers of supplementary content at one or more locations within the digital work, conflicts between layers may be resolved in favor of a higher priority layer. Upon resolution of the conflict, information associated with the higher priority layer for supplementing content at a particular location in the digital work may be determined. A visual identifier of the higher priority layer may be displayed along with content associated with the digital work at the particular location.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

under control of one or more processors,
determining, for a first location within a digital work, a first conflict between a first layer of supplementary content and a second layer of supplementary content by determining that both the first layer and the second layer are associated with the first location;
resolving the first conflict by determining that the first layer represents a higher priority layer than the second layer;
determining a first visual identifier that is associated with the first layer;
determining a second visual identifier that is associated with the second layer;
generating first data for display of a portion of the digital work that includes the first location associated with the first conflict;
and
based at least partly on determining that the first layer represents the higher priority layer, generating second data for display of the first visual identifier at the first location,
the second data causing the first visual identifier to be displayed at the first location, without the second visual identifier, when the first and second layers are active.

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A method comprising:

under control of one or more processors,
determining that at least a first layer of supplementary content and a second layer of supplementary content are associated with a first location within an electronic book that includes at least a first word;
identifying a conflict between the first layer and the second layer by determining that the first layer and the second layer are associated with the first location;
determining, based at least partly on identifying the conflict, that the first layer represents a higher priority layer than the second layer;
determining a first visual identifier that includes at least a first image associated with the first layer;
determining a second visual identifier that includes at least a second image associated with the second layer;
generating first data for display of an indicator to identify the first layer and the second layer as supplementary content layers, wherein the indicator includes the first image and the second image;
generating second data for display of a portion of the electronic book that includes the first location associated with the conflict;
and
based at least partly on determining that the first layer represents the higher priority layer, generating third data for display of the first image at the first location, the third data causing the first image to be displayed at the first location, without the second image, when the first and second layers are active.

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A method comprising:

under control of one or more processors,
determining, for a first location within a digital work, that a first layer of supplementary content and a second layer of supplementary content are associated with the first location;
determining that the first layer represents a higher priority layer than the second layer;
determining a first visual identifier that is associated with the first layer;
determining a second visual identifier that is associated with the second layer;
generating first data for display of a portion of the digital work that includes the first location associated with the first and second layers;
and
based at least partly on determining that the first layer represents the higher priority layer, generating second data for display of the first visual identifier at the first location, the second data causing the first visual identifier to be displayed at the first location, without the second visual identifier, when the first and second layers are active.

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