# US 10,872,201 B1 · Generation and presentation of electronic books for consumption in skim mode > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,201 B1 - Document ID: US10872201B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/383,508 - Filed: 2016-12-19 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2013-03-14 - Assignees: Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Hong Chen; Michael Patrick Bacus; Rudy Darmawan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872201B1 ## CPC - G09B 5/06: with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied - G06F 40/106: Display of layout of documents; Previewing - G06F 40/134: Hyperlinking - G06F 40/197: Version control (for software G06F8/71) - G06F 40/279: Recognition of textual entities - G09G 5/391: Resolution modifying circuits, e.g. variable screen formats - G09G 2380/14: Electronic books and readers - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising designating, by the processor device, the first portion with a first tag indicating the first portion is the prominent component. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises: determining a first format of text associated with the first portion is different than a second format of text associated with a second portion of the content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises: determining a first frequency of occurrence of the first portion of the content in the electronic book is less than a second frequency of occurrence of a second portion of the content in the electronic book. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises identifying the first portion comprises the picture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises identifying the first portion comprises a table. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising including, by the processor device, the modified version of the first portion with the electronic book. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising including in the electronic book, by the processor device, a link associating the first portion of the content and the modified version of the first portion of the content. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises: determining that a first number of characters in the first portion of the content in the electronic book is less than a second number of characters of a second portion of the content in the electronic book. ### Claim 10 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, the processing device to: designate, in the electronic document, the first portion with a first tag to indicate the first portion is the prominent component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the processing device to include the modified version of the first portion with the electronic book. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the processing device to include, in the electronic book, a link associating the first portion of the content and the modified version of the first portion of the content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the first portion of the content comprises a table. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the first portion comprises a first format of text that is different than a second format of text associated with the non-prominent portion of the content. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein a first frequency of occurrence of the first portion of the content in the electronic book is less than a second frequency of occurrence of the non-prominent portion of the content in the electronic book. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein a first number of characters in the first portion of the content in the electronic book is less than a second number of characters of the non-prominent portion of the content in the electronic book. ### Claim 18 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. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic reader of claim 18, the processing device to include, in the electronic book, a link associating the first portion of the content and the modified version of the first portion of the content.