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US 10,853,560 B2Granted
Providing annotations of a digital work
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsHilliard Bruce Siegel, John Lattyak, Thomas Aquinas Ryan, Robert Lovejoy Goodwin
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Abstract
A digital work may be annotated using an eBook reader device. Upon receiving an annotation relating to a specific portion of the digital work, an invariant location reference identifier corresponding to the specified portion of the digital work may be appended to the annotation. The annotation may then be stored in association with the digital work for later reference. In some instances, an annotation may be presented on an eBook reader device upon receipt of a valid authorization credential granting access to the annotation.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving annotation data pertaining to a specific text portion of a digital work;
- receiving an invariant location reference identifier corresponding to the specific text portion of the digital work;
- appending the invariant location reference identifier to the annotation data;
- associating the annotation data with an indicator including an icon, the icon providing an active link to the annotation data, and the icon corresponding to the annotation data that corresponds to the specific text portion of the digital work on different electronic devices, regardless of display characteristics of the different electronic devices;
- storing the annotation data and the invariant location reference identifier in association with the digital work;
- receiving authorization credential data to authorize access to the annotation data;
- determining that the authorization credential data is valid;
- presenting the icon on a display of an electronic device;
- and
- upon selection of the icon, presenting on the display of the electronic device an image of an index of annotations available for the digital work.
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A device comprising:
- a display;
- a processor;
- and
- memory in communication with the processor, the memory comprising instructions cause the processor to perform actions comprising:
- receiving annotation data pertaining to a specific text portion of a digital work;
- receiving an invariant location reference identifier corresponding to the specific text portion of the digital work;
- appending the invariant location reference identifier to the annotation data;
- associating the annotation data with an indicator including an icon, the icon providing an active link to the annotation data, and the icon corresponding to the annotation data that corresponds to the specific text portion of the digital work on different devices, regardless of display characteristics of the different devices;
- storing the annotation data and the invariant location reference identifier in association with the digital work;
- receiving authorization credential data for authorizing access to the annotation data;
- determining that the authorization credential is valid;
- presenting the icon on the display of the device;
- and
- upon selection of the icon, presenting on the display of the device an image of an index of annotations available for the digital work.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a digital work;
- receiving annotation data pertaining to a specific text portion of the digital work;
- receiving an invariant location reference identifier corresponding to the specific text portion of the digital work;
- appending the invariant location reference identifier to the annotation data;
- associating the annotation data with an indicator including an icon, the icon providing an active link to the annotation data, and the icon corresponding to the annotation data that corresponds to the specific text portion of the digital work on different electronic devices, regardless of display characteristics of the different electronic devices;
- storing the annotation data and the invariant location reference identifier in association with the digital work;
- receiving authorization credential data for authorizing access to the annotation data;
- determining that the authorization credential data is valid;
- presenting the icon on a display of an electronic device;
- and
- upon selection of the icon, presenting on the display of the electronic device an image of an index of annotations available for the digital work.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.