Interactive electronic book system and method therefor
OwnerRobert Meislininventor
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Abstract
A computing device displaying an electronic book (eBook) has a processor. A display is coupled to the processor. A user interface is coupled to the processor for entering data into the computing device. A memory is coupled to the processor. The memory stores program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to show text of the electronic book on the display, wherein predefined terms of the text have associated hyperlinks. A synopsis bubble is displayed adjacent a selected predefined term when the selected predefined term is accessed. The synopsis bubble displays at least one related hyperlink associated with the selected predefined term. Content from a selected hyperlink of the at least one hyperlink displayed in the synopsis bubble is downloaded and displayed.
Claims18
A computing device displaying an electronic book (eBook) comprising:
- a processor;
- a display coupled to the processor;
- a user interface coupled to the processor for entering data into the computing device;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
- show text of the eBook on the display, wherein predefined terms of the text have associated hyperlinks;
- display a synopsis bubble adjacent a selected predefined term when the selected predefined term is accessed, the synopsis bubble displaying at least one related hyperlink associated with the selected predefined term and a summary describing contents to be downloaded of the at least one related hyperlink associated with the selected predefined term;
- and
- download and display content from a selected hyperlink of the at least one hyperlink displayed in the synopsis bubble.
A computing device displaying an electronic book (eBook) comprising:
- a processor;
- a display coupled to the processor;
- a user interface coupled to the processor for entering data into the computing device;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
- show text of the eBook on the display;
- accent predefined terms of the text to indicate that the predefined terms have associated hyperlinks, wherein the accent is one of bold print, italicized print, underline print, highlighted print or combinations thereof;
- display a synopsis bubble adjacent a selected predefined term when the selected predefined term is accessed, the synopsis bubble displaying at least one related hyperlink associated with the selected predefined term and a summary describing contents to be downloaded of the at least one related hyperlink associated with the selected predefined term;
- and
- download and display content from a selected hyperlink of the at least one hyperlink displayed in the synopsis bubble.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.