Portion-by-portion feedback for electronic books
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsGeorge Thomas Baggott, Thomas Germano O'Neill
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Abstract
Feedback corresponding to a plurality of portions of an electronic book is collected. The feedback is analyzed to determine rating information corresponding to the plurality of portions. The rating information and a current reading position associated with a client device are used to determine information to be presented at the client device. In some instances, the feedback includes one or more implicit indicators.
Claims27
A computer-implemented method for providing feedback for an electronic book comprising a plurality of portions, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, a plurality of user feedback measures, each of the user feedback measures corresponding to one of the plurality of portions;
- analyzing, by a processor, the user feedback measures to determine rating information corresponding to the plurality of portions;
- receiving, at a processor, a current reading position associated with the client device;
- identifying a current portion of the plurality of portions based on the current reading position;
- identifying rating information corresponding to the current portion;
- identifying rating information corresponding to at least one additional portion of the plurality of portions;
- and
- preparing, by a processor, presentation information for presentation at a client device, the presentation information indicating a difference between the rating information corresponding to the current portion and the rating information corresponding to the at least one additional portion.
A computer system for presenting feedback for an electronic book comprising a plurality of portions, the system comprising:
- a display;
- a display module configured to display the electronic book on the display;
- a user data module operably connected to the display module and configured to determine a current portion of the plurality of portions based on a reading position within the electronic book;
- and
- a feedback module operably connected to the display module and the user data module, the feedback module configured to cause presentation information to be presented to a user, the presentation information comprising an indication of a difference between rating information corresponding to the current portion and rating information corresponding to at least one additional portion of the plurality of portions.
A computer system for processing feedback corresponding to a plurality of portions of an electronic book, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- an aggregation module configured to receive a plurality of feedback measures, each feedback measure corresponding to one of the plurality of portions;
- an analysis module configured to interact with the processor to generate rating information corresponding to each of the plurality of portions, based on the feedback measures;
- and
- a presentation module configured to:
- identify a current portion of the plurality of portions based on the current reading position;
- identify rating information corresponding to the current portion;
- identify rating information corresponding to at least one additional portion of the plurality of portions;
- and generate presentation information for presentation at a client device, the presentation information indicating a difference between the rating information corresponding to the current portion and the rating information corresponding to the at least one additional portion.
A computer system for presenting feedback for an electronic book comprising a plurality of portions, the system comprising:
- means for presenting the electronic book to a user;
- a user data module operably connected to the display module and configured to determine a current portion of the plurality of portions based on a reading position within the electronic book;
- and
- means for presenting an indication of a difference between rating information corresponding to the current portion and rating information corresponding to at least one additional portion of the plurality of portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.