Method of taking notes from an article displayed in an electronic book
AssigneeFuture Display Systems, Inc.
InventorDih Lung Liao
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of taking notes in reading an article displayed in an electronic book. Said method comprises: (a) highlighting a character string of an article displayed on a display of an electronic book; (b) opening a note window on the display; (c) writing on a panel of the display or speaking to the electronic book, so that the written or spoken text is displayed in the note window by recognizing the input text with a computer program stored in said electronic book, and thus a note is made; and (d) recording said marked character string and said note in a functional relationship in a nonvolatile memory of said electronic book.
Claims12
A method of taking notes from an article displayed on an electronic book, wherein said electronic book is a pointer-based computer comprising a CPU;
- a nonvolatile memory connected to said CPU;
- a display connected to said CPU, which has a touch-sensitive panel;
- and a touch pen;
- said method comprising the following steps:
- a) highlighting a character string in an article displayed on said display through an interaction between said touch pen and said panel;
- b) opening a note window on said display;
- c) writing a text on said panel with said touch pen, and recognizing the written text with said computer, so that the written text is displayed in the note window, and thus a note is made;
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- d) recording said highlighted character string and said note in a functional relationship in said nonvolatile memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.