System and Method for Providing an Electronic Literature Club in a Network Environment
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorShmuel Shaffer
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Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving progress data associated with an end user reading an electronic piece of literature and receiving a request from the end user to interact with an additional end user about the electronic piece of literature. The method can further include identifying the additional end user who is also reading the electronic piece of literature in order to form a reading group associated with the electronic piece of literature. In more specific embodiments, the identifying further includes identifying progress data for the additional end user such that the reading group is formed of the end users who are at a similar location in the electronic piece of literature.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a service provider element that includes:
- a user-tracking module configured to receive progress data associated with an end user reading an electronic piece of literature using an electronic reading device, wherein the service provider element is configured to:
- receive a request from the end user to interact with an additional end user about the electronic piece of literature, and
- identify the additional end user who is also reading the electronic piece of literature in order to form a reading group associated with the electronic piece of literature.
A method, comprising:
- receiving progress data associated with an end user reading an electronic piece of literature using an electronic reading device;
- receiving a request from the end user to interact with an additional end user about the electronic piece of literature;
- and
- identifying the additional end user who is also reading the electronic piece of literature in order to form a reading group associated with the electronic piece of literature.
A system, comprising:
- means for receiving progress data associated with an end user reading an electronic piece of literature using an electronic reading device;
- means for receiving a request from the end user to interact with an additional end user about the electronic piece of literature;
- and
- means for identifying the additional end user who is also reading the electronic piece of literature in order to form a reading group associated with the electronic piece of literature.
Logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to:
- receive progress data associated with an end user reading an electronic piece of literature using an electronic reading device;
- receive a request from the end user to interact with an additional end user about the electronic piece of literature;
- and
- identify the additional end user who is also reading the electronic piece of literature in order to form a reading group associated with the electronic piece of literature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.