E-book gifting
AssigneeKobo Incorporated
InventorBenjamin Landau
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Abstract
A computing device displays a user activatable trigger along with a content portion of the e-book when the e-book is rendered for reading. The computing device detects activation of the trigger by user input. The computing device generates communication for a network service from which the e-book is available for download. The generated communication can include an identifier for each of the e-book, the user, and a recipient. According to some embodiments, at least a portion of the communication corresponding to the identifier of the e-book is identified and automatically provided as part of the communication. The communication can then be transmitted the network service.
Claims20
A computing device comprising:
- a memory resource that stores an e-book and a set of instructions;
- one or more processors that access instructions stored in the memory resource in order to:
- display a user activatable trigger with a content portion of the e-book when the e-book is rendered for reading;
- detect activation of the trigger by user input;
- generate a communication for a network service where the e-book is available for download, the communication including an identifier for each of the e-book, the user, and a recipient;
- send the communication to the network service.
A method for gifting an e-book, the method comprising:
- on a computing device:
- displaying a user activatable trigger with a content portion of the e-book when the e-book is rendered for reading;
- detecting activation of the trigger by user input;
- generating a communication for a network service where the e-book is available for download, the communication identifying the e-book;
- sending the communication to the network service;
- on one or more servers of the network service:
- receiving the communication from the computing device;
- identifying, from the communication, the e-book, an account of the user and an account of a recipient;
- crediting the e-book for the recipient;
- and
- debiting the account of the user for the e-book.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations that include:
- displaying a user activatable trigger with a content portion of an e-book when the e-book is rendered for reading;
- detecting activation of the trigger by user input;
- generating a communication for a network service where the e-book is available for download, the communication including an identifier for each of the e-book, the user, and a recipient;
- sending the communication to the network service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.