Method and apparatus for electronic reader operation
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsLing Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for operation of an electronic reader. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a user command to initiate playback of the digital text, detecting a playback setting for the digital text based on the user command, displaying a first portion of the digital text by the electronic reader, and updating the display of the digital text by the electronic reader, wherein a second portion of the digital text is automatically displayed based on the playback setting for the digital text.
Claims27
A method for operation of an electronic reader configured to graphically display a digital text, the method comprising the acts of:
- detecting, by the electronic reader, a user command to initiate playback of the digital text;
- detecting a playback setting for the digital text based on the user command;
- displaying a first portion of the digital text by the electronic reader;
- and
- updating the display of the digital text by the electronic reader, wherein a second portion of the digital text is automatically displayed based on the playback setting for the digital text.
An electronic reader configured to graphically display a digital text, comprising:
- a display;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the display, and memory, the processor configured to:
- detect a user command to initiate playback of the digital text;
- detect a playback setting for the digital text based on the user command;
- display a first portion of the digital text;
- and
- update the display of the digital text, wherein a second portion of the digital text is automatically displayed based on the playback setting for the digital text.
A computer program product stored on computer readable medium including computer executable code for operating of an electronic reader to graphically display a digital text, the computer program product comprising:
- computer readable code to detect a user command to initiate playback of the digital text;
- computer readable code to detect a playback setting for the digital text based on the user command;
- computer readable code to display a first portion of the digital text;
- and
- computer readable code to update the display of the digital text, wherein a second portion of the digital text is automatically displayed based on the playback setting for the digital text.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.