Integrated document viewer with automatic sharing of reading-related activities across external social networks

A method for displaying text in a web page using the built-in functionality of a web browser, while inhibiting the use of that functionality to search for and copy the text, the method including the following steps:

• (a) generating a font file containing, for each text character, a corresponding glyph representing the appearance of that character, and a mismatched character code that does not correspond to the glyph;
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• (b) generating an HTML document that contains the mismatched character codes and instructions directing the web browser to use the font file for displaying the glyphs,
• (c) whereby the web browser utilizes the font file to display the text correctly, but cannot search for or copy the text due to the mismatched character codes in the HTML document.

A method for automatically sharing a user's reading-related activities performed on a website, the website referencing a plurality of documents with respect to which the activities can be performed, the method including the following steps:

• (a) enabling for sharing one or more of a plurality of reading-related activities relating to the user's reading of documents on the website;
• (b) designating one or more social networks on which the user's reading-related activities will be shared;
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• (c) automatically sharing the fact that the user has engaged in an enabled reading-related activity on the website with the user's designated social networks.

A system that converts and integrates non-HTML documents into HTML web pages on a host server while preserving the original appearance and text searchability of the documents, the system comprising:

• (a) a document parser that extracts text characters and associated fonts, as well as page layout attributes of the document, each glyph in a font representing the appearance of its associated text character with respect to that font;
• (b) an HTML converter that integrates the text characters into an HTML web page and generates HTML tags to preserve the document's page layout attributes;
• (c) a font file generator that generates one or more font files, accessible from the HTML web page, that map the text characters to their associated glyphs;
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• (d) a website host on the host server that stores the HTML web page and font files for delivery to and rendering within the window of a client web browser, whereby the original appearance and text searchability of the document is preserved.

A system that displays text in a web page using the built-in functionality of a web browser, while inhibiting the use of that functionality to search for and copy the text, the system comprising:

• (a) a font file generator that generates a font file containing, for each text character, a corresponding glyph representing the appearance of that character, and a mismatched character code that does not correspond to the glyph;
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• (b) an HTML document generator that generates an HTML document containing the mismatched character codes and instructions directing the web browser to use the font file for displaying the glyphs,
• (c) whereby the web browser can utilize the font file to display the text correctly, but cannot search for or copy the text due to the mismatched character codes in the HTML document.

A system that automatically shares a user's reading-related activities performed on a website, the website referencing a plurality of documents with respect to which the activities can be performed, the system comprising:

• (a) a sharing enabler that enables for sharing one or more of a plurality of reading-related activities relating to the user's reading of documents on the website;
• (b) a social network selector that enables the user to designate one or more social networks on which the user's reading-related activities will be shared;
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• (c) an activity sharer that automatically shares the fact that the user has engaged in an enabled reading-related activity on the website with the user's designated social networks.