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US 10,872,201 B1Granted
Generation and presentation of electronic books for consumption in skim mode
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsHong Chen, Michael Patrick Bacus, Rudy Darmawan
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Abstract
Providing an electronic document for consumption in a first mode of operation wherein a prominent component of the content of the electronic document is presented at a first resolution. In a second mode of operation, a modified version of the prominent component having a lower resolution than the first resolution is generated.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor device, content of an electronic book;
- identifying, by the processor device, a first portion of the content as a prominent component comprising a picture having a first resolution;
- generating, by the processor device, a modified version of the picture having a lower resolution than the first resolution;
- identifying a second portion of the content comprising one or more non-prominent components;
- and
- causing, by the processor device, a display of the electronic book comprising the modified version of the picture having the lower resolution, wherein the second portion of the electronic book comprising the one or more non-prominent components is suppressed from the display of the electronic book.
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A system comprising:
- a memory to store instructions;
- and
- a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the instructions to:
- identify a first portion of content of an electronic document as a prominent component comprising a picture having a first resolution;
- generate a modified version of the picture having a lower resolution than the first resolution;
- identify a second portion of the content comprising one or more non-prominent components;
- and
- cause, by the processor device, a display of the electronic document comprising the modified version of the picture having the lower resolution, wherein the second portion of the electronic book comprising the one or more non-prominent components is suppressed from the display of the electronic book.
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An electronic reader comprising:
- a memory to store instructions;
- and
- a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the instructions to:
- detect an instruction to transition from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation;
- identify, in the second mode of operation, a first portion of content of an electronic book as a prominent component comprising a picture having a first resolution;
- identify a modified version of the picture having a lower resolution than the first resolution;
- identify a second portion of the content comprising one or more non-prominent components;
- and
- render a display of the electronic book comprising the modified version of the picture having the lower resolution, wherein the second portion of the electronic book comprising the one or more non-prominent components is suppressed from the display of the electronic book.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.