Electronic book inscription system
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsAnna Lynn Patterson, Scott Dougall
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Abstract
A portion of an electronic book is displayed and a selection of a position within the portion is received. The content of the electronic book is analyzed to determine an amount of whitespace that corresponds to the selected position. In response to the determined amount of whitespace being greater than a threshold amount, a user interface for providing inscription data is displayed. Inscription data is received and stored in association with an indication of the selected position.
Claims24
A computer-implemented method for inscribing an electronic book, comprising:
- displaying a portion of the electronic book on a display of a local computing device;
- receiving a selection of a position within the portion;
- displaying a user interface for providing inscription data responsive to determining that the position corresponds to greater than a threshold amount of whitespace;
- receiving the inscription data responsive to user input;
- and
- storing the inscription data in association with an indication of the position.
A computer system for inscribing an electronic book, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable computer program code for:
- displaying a portion of the electronic book on a display of a local computing device;
- receiving a selection of a position within the portion;
- displaying a user interface for providing inscription data responsive to determining that the position corresponds to greater than a threshold amount of whitespace;
- receiving the inscription data responsive to user input;
- and
- storing the inscription data in association with an indication of the position;
- and
- a processor for executing the computer program code.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions for inscribing an electronic book, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for:
- displaying a portion of the electronic book on a display of a local computing device;
- receiving a selection of a position within the portion;
- displaying a user interface for providing inscription data responsive to determining that the position corresponds to greater than a threshold amount of whitespace;
- receiving the inscription data responsive to user input;
- and
- storing the inscription data in association with an indication of the position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.