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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160140648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE CENTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION - A method and system for image centric mobile application is provided. The method includes accessing a possible title image database comprising a plurality of images of book covers presentable to a user on a display, presenting one or more of the plurality of images to the user on the display, receiving a user touch input associated with the one or more of the plurality of images presented to the user and learning user preferences associated with the one or more of the plurality of images presented to the user based on the user touch input. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAGE FLIP INTERFACE - A method for providing a page flip interface on an electronic personal display is provided. The method includes receiving a request to enter a page flip mode from a user, determining a first page of an e-book displayed as a full page, adjusting a size of the first page of the e-book such that the size is not the full page and displaying a second page of the e-book simultaneously with the first page of the e-book. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR E-BOOK READING PROGRESS INDICATOR AND INVOCATION THEREOF - Displaying e-book reading progress in a non-intrusive manner based on an exit action of a user. The exit action is received with regard to a last-read page of e-book content displayed, the e-book content being paginated in accordance with a series of digitally constructed pages including a start page and an end page. The last-read page is interposed between the start and end pages. An indicium of the e-book pages is displayed, with demarcation of a finished portion from an unfinished portion of the content. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140089 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICE OPERATION VIA TRANSITION TO ALTERNATE GESTURE INTERFACE - A computing device, or electronic personal display, includes a housing and a touch screen display. The housing includes a gesture sensitive housing portion. The processor is capable of detecting a presence of one or more extraneous objects on the display screen. In response to detecting the presence of the one or more extraneous objects on the display screen, an the input command from the first gesture interface is nullified , and instead is associated with a second gesture received at the gesture-sensitive housing portion for performing a given output operation. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140086 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT REPAGINATION PROVIDING A PAGE CONTINUITY INDICIUM WHILE E-READING - A method and system for content repagination providing a page continuity indicium for e-reading. The method is executed in a processor of a computing device, the computing device further including a memory storing instructions and a display screen rendering e-book content including text formatted according to a series of digitally constructed pages, The method comprises receiving a repagination-inducing action at a current page being displayed, the current page having a beginning text portion and an ending text portion; reconstructing the current page by maintaining the beginning text portion while reflowing the ending text portion into a next page, the next page having a next page beginning text portion that includes at least a part of the reflowed ending text portion; and duplicating the next page beginning text portion onto an indicium location at the reconstructed current page, whereby the indicium location shows the next page beginning text portion. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139751 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOGGLE INTERFACE - A method for providing a toggle interface on an electronic personal display is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request to enter a toggle mode from a user, determining a first e-book content associated with the user, determining a second e-book content associated with the first e-book content; and directing the electronic personal display to open said second e-book content when initiating the toggle mode. | 05-19-2016 |
20160134993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LIST MATCHING BASED CONTENT DISCOVERY - A method for providing a content discovery mode on an electronic personal display is provided. The method includes compiling reading statistics of a user based on a reading history associated with the user, providing at least one of the reading statistics to the user, receiving a request to enter a content discovery mode from a user and directing the electronic personal display to display discovered content to the user when initiating the content discovery mode based on the at least one statistic. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICE TRANSITION TO SUMMARY MODE OF OPERATION - A method for providing a summary mode on an electronic personal display is provided. The method includes receiving a request to enter a summary mode from a user, accessing a reading history related to the user and directing the electronic personal display to open a summary of the reading history related to the user when initiating the summary mode. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132470 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAGINATION OF DISPLAY CONTENT - A method and system for repaginating content displayed on a display screen of a computing device when upon receiving indication of an object superposed on the content. The content comprises display of one page in a series of digitally constructed pages. The repaginated content is re-flowed or line-wrapped around an identified keep out boundary to counteract any obscuration of displayed content. The repagination forces reconstruction of a next one of the series of pages for display. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RE-MARGINATING DISPLAY CONTENT - A method and system for re-marginating content displayed on a display screen of a computing device when upon receiving indication of an object superposed on the display screen content, a “handedness” preference of the reader/observer can be determined. In one embodiment, the content comprises display of one page in a series of digitally constructed pages. A keep out margin is calculated based on position of the object. Content is then re-flowed or line-wrapped about that keep out margin, to counteract any obscuration of displayed content. The line-wrapping of the content around the keep out margin is accomplished while maintaining a plurality of text attributes of the content. The line-wrapping forces reconstruction of a next one of the series of pages for display. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCEPTION OPERATION DURING TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY SUSPEND MODE - A method and system for operating a computing device while normal touch screen display functionality is suspended. The method comprises initiating a suspend mode of operation for the display screen in response to a request received at the computing device, the suspend mode disabling a subset of the touch functionality; while in the suspend mode of operation, monitoring for a first touch event at the display screen; presenting an exception mode operation (EMO) key at a pre-defined location on the display screen upon receiving the first touch event; monitoring for a second touch event performed at the EMO key location; and during performance of the second touch event, removing the suspend mode by re-enabling the subset of the touch functionality. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CYCLIC MOTION GESTURE - A method and system for cyclic motion gesturing is provided. The method includes receiving at a motion sensor coupled with a processor a first motion associated with an e-reader, receiving a second motion associated with an e-reader at the motion sensor, the second motion being a counter motion of the first motion, wherein the first and second motions are associated with moving the e-reader form a first point in space to a second point in space and then back to the first point in space within a predetermined period of time, determining the first and second motions indicate a multi-motion command gesture corresponding to a first function performable on the e-Reader and automatically performing the first function on the e-reader in response to the multi-motion command gesture. | 05-12-2016 |
20160124505 | OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC PERSONAL DISPLAY USING EYE MOVEMENT TRACKING - An electronic personal display is operated using a camera of an electronic personal display to track a user's eye movement. Based on the tracking, the user's gaze is correlated with a selectable region of the electronic personal display. Responsible to the gaze being correlated with the selectable region for at least a predetermined time, an operation of the electronic personal display is implemented wherein the operation is associated with the selectable region. Various embodiments do not require any external device, such as eye wear, as a part of tracking the user's eye movement. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121348 | PROVIDING A SCENT WHILE A USER INTERACTS WITH AN ELECTRONIC MEDIA PROVIDING DEVICE - A request to open electronic media on the electronic media providing device is detected. A scent is sprayed in response to the detecting of the request to open the electronic media. | 05-05-2016 |
20150339015 | SELECTING AND PRESENTING ITEMS OF CONTENT BASED ON ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE - A graphical user interface (GUI) element is displayed on a display screen (e.g., a touchscreen) of a computing system (e.g., an electronic-book reader). In response to the GUI element being selected by a user, different items of content are accessed. A duration value that indicates a length of time is associated with each item of the items of content. Information identifying at least a subset of the items of content is displayed on the display screen, where the subset is selected according to the duration values. | 11-26-2015 |
20150296946 | PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE CASE CONVERTIBLE TO UPRIGHT STAND - A housing accessory convertible to a stand for a mobile computing device. The housing accessory includes a foldable cover member that has an upper portion, a flap portion, and a single folding hinge between the two portions and extending diagonally across the foldable cover. The flap portion can be rotated about the single holding hinge from a position coplanar with the upper portion to a folded position. Thereby the foldable cover is converted into a display stand operable to retain the mobile computing device in an inclined angle on a supporting surface. | 10-22-2015 |
20150277679 | AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING AND DOWNLOADING A NEXT-READ EBOOK TO AN ELECTRONIC READING DEVICE - A method and system for automatically selecting and downloading a next-read electronic book (eBook) to an electronic reading device is disclosed. One example determines a current eBook being accessed by a user on the electronic reading device. Prior to the user finishing the current eBook, an e-library is accessed and a next-read eBook is automatically selected and downloaded based on an aspect of the current eBook. In addition, the next-read eBook is automatically provided to the user when the user finishes reading the current eBook. When a predefined next-read eBook use metric has been met, the electronic reading device automatically provides payment to purchase the next-read eBook. | 10-01-2015 |
20150277678 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL CONTENT - Techniques for presenting an electronic copy of a book include displaying a section of the book on a first portion of a display and a scrubber on a second portion. The scrubber includes a first gauge represents a plurality of chapters of the book. A second gauge of the scrubber represents the plurality of pages corresponding to a given chapter of the book. | 10-01-2015 |
20150277677 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES FOR DIGITAL CONTENT - Techniques for presenting an electronic copy of a book include displaying a section of the book on a first portion of a display and a scrubber on a second portion. The scrubber includes a first condensed region representing a first set of chapters. A fanned region of the scrubber represents the pages of a given chapter. A second condensed region represents a second set of chapters. The first condensed region, the fanned region and second condensed region are linearly arranged in the second portion of the display, wherein the representation of pages of the given chapter occurs sequentially between the chapters of the first and second sets. | 10-01-2015 |
20150277581 | MOVEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC PERSONAL DISPLAY TO PERFORM A PAGE TURNING OPERATION - A method and system for utilizing movement of an electronic personal display to perform a page turning operation is disclosed. A motion sensing device is coupled with the electronic personal display. The motion sensing device is monitored for a pre-defined movement of the electronic personal display. When the pre-defined movement is detected, a page turning operation is performed on the electronic personal display. | 10-01-2015 |
20150277571 | USER INTERFACE TO CAPTURE A PARTIAL SCREEN DISPLAY RESPONSIVE TO A USER GESTURE - System and method of selecting a portion of a screen display for a manipulation operation according to boundaries set by a user gesture. A touchscreen display is configured to display digital content and detect a multi-touch user gesture. If the user gesture dwells on the touchscreen longer than a first threshold time, a region of the screen display is selected based on the contact points of the user gesture on the touchscreen display. Accordingly an on-screen mask indicating the selected region is displayed, denoting the selected region to be active for a subsequent manipulation operation. The manipulation operation may be capturing a screenshot of the selected region or editing the image or text encompassed by the selected region. | 10-01-2015 |
20150269634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUBLISHING PERSONALIZED BOOK COLLECTIONS - System and method of publishing a personal collection of electronic books responsive to a user request. A graphical user interface (GUI) is configured to allow a user to compile a collection of electronic books and then request to share the collection to other users of a select website. In response to the request, a personal collection webpage is automatically generated and made accessible to the public users of the website through a hyperlink. The public users may submit subscribing requests through the webpage for receiving update notifications. The creator-user of a published personal collection may receive an incentive based on the number of subscribers of the collection, and the volume of books included in the collection and purchased by the subscribers. | 09-24-2015 |
20150268805 | USER INTERFACE TO OPEN A DIFFERENT EBOOK RESPONSIVE TO A USER GESTURE - System and method for providing a short cut to open a different electronic document in a book reading GUI in response to a user gesture. A book reading graphical user interface (GUI) is configured to display content of a current book and, responsive to a user pinch-in gesture, present a plurality of estimated user-intended reading materials to facilitate user selection for next reading. The select plurality of electronic documents may be the last few documents recently displayed in the GUI. A user can select an electronic document by clicking the corresponding visual object. Alternatively, the user can return to the current book by using a pinch-out gesture. | 09-24-2015 |
20150242061 | AUTOMATIC BOOKMARK OF A SELECT LOCATION WITHIN A PAGE OF AN EBOOK RESPONSIVE TO A USER TOUCH GESTURE - System and method for bookmark a select location with a page of an ebook. A graphical user interface (GUI) is configured to display content of a page, and bookmark a select location within the page responsive to a swipe gesture starting from a predetermined position on the GUI. The end position of swipe gesture is recorded as the bookmark and a visual object representing the bookmark is rendered on the GUI. The select location may correspond to a last line that a user just finished reading before closing the reading session of the electronic document. The visual object may be removed from the electronic document once a user can locate the select location in a subsequent reading session. | 08-27-2015 |
20150220262 | CHANGING SETTINGS FOR MULTIPLE DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES USING THE SAME GESTURE - Content is displayed on a touchscreen display of a computing system such as an electronic book reader. The content is displayed according to a setting for a first attribute (e.g., level of brightness) and a setting for a second attribute (e.g., day mode or night mode). In response to sensing a motion proximate to the touchscreen, the setting for the first attribute is changed to a different value. In response to a value for the setting for the first attribute crossing a threshold value (e.g., while the motion is being performed), the setting for the second attribute is changed. | 08-06-2015 |
20150220229 | USER INTERFACE FOR END-OF-BOOK EXPERIENCE CROSSREFERENCE - System and method for presenting a customized aggregation of information based on specific state-of-mind of a user. An end-of-book experience graphical user interface (GUI) is configured to capture a specific state-of-mind of a user by using an options menu listing typical state-of-minds of typical book users. Provided the user indicates to expand reading experience on the instant book, a set of information that facilitates a deep dive experience on the instant book can be presented. Alternatively, provided the user indicates to move on from the instant book, a collection of books of in different categories from the instant can be recommended. The end-of-book experience GUI can be prompted upon a user indication of having finished reading a book, closing the reading program before finishing, or re-reading the book. | 08-06-2015 |
20150154671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION - A system and method for automatically identifying an electronic document. The method includes accessing, within an electronic device, an electronic document and extracting text from the electronic document. A signature is then determined based on the text of the electronic document and the signature is communicated over a communication channel. The method further includes receiving an identifier of the electronic document over the communication channel. In one embodiment, the identifier is determined by a server matching the signature against a signature library. The method further includes receiving a bookmark associated with the electronic document. | 06-04-2015 |
20150154497 | CONTENT BASED SIMILARITY DETECTION - Content Based Similarity Detection. A computer implemented method includes computing a hash of each word in a collection of books to produce a numerical integer token using a reduced representation and computing an Inverse Document Frequency (IDF) vector comprising the number of books the token appears in, for every token in the collection of books. The method also includes creating a token occurrence count vector for each book in the collection and normalizing the token occurrence count vector using the IDF vector to create a Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) vector. Further, the method includes reducing each TF-IDF vector by using random projections to obtain a final signature representing each book in the collection, reducing each TF-IDF vector by using random projections to obtain a final signature representing each book in the collection and using a trained machine learning algorithm, determining whether each of the list of candidate books is similar to the target book. | 06-04-2015 |
20150154165 | USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTING AN E-BOOK ALONG WITH PUBLIC ANNOTATIONS - A system and method for facilitating creation of and access to public annotations of electronic publications. A graphical user interface (GUI) is configured to display content of the electronic publication as well as annotations pertaining to the content of the electronic publication. Available annotations of the electronic publication may be downloaded to an electronic reading device through network from a remote server. The remote server may send notifications upon new annotations are available for a book. The GUI may also be configured to receive an annotation entry input by a user through the electronic reading device. | 06-04-2015 |
20150149953 | SENSING USER INPUT TO CHANGE ATTRIBUTES OF RENDERED CONTENT - First content is rendered on a display screen of a computing system according to a first setting for an attribute of the first content. In response to sensing motion proximate to a sensing device, second content is displayed on the display screen according to the first setting for the attribute. The second content is displayed in a window within the first content displayed on the display screen. In response to sensing further motion, the first setting is changed to a second setting, and the second content is displayed in the window according to the second setting for the attribute. In response to sensing cessation of the further motion, the window is closed, the first content is reformatted according to the second setting for the attribute, and at least a portion of the reformatted first content on the display screen. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149295 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON MEDIA USAGE AND PURCHASE BEHAVIOR - A server generates item recommendation lists for users, whose behaviors are registered related to user library items and assigned relevance in relation to available inventory items. First, similarity computed between any pair of inventory items based on user-specific relevance factors. Second, similarity is measured between inventory items by over content and/or metadata corresponding to the inventory items. Overall similarity is computed between the library and the available inventory items based on a sum of the first and second measured similarities. Available inventory items are recommended based on the computed overall similarity score. Relevance, which may diminish over a time, may be assigned based on behavior type and duration. | 05-28-2015 |
20150121217 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC INVOCATION OF GUIDED READING TUTORIAL BASED ON ACCOUNT ACTIVITY - A user interface method for an automatic invocation of a guided reading tutorial. The method includes displaying a section of an article of a document on a screen of the handheld device, and receiving an input from a user of the handheld device. The method further includes, in response to the input, communicating with an on-line instruction program linked to a user account, determining whether to invoke the instruction program based on predetermined settings, and automatically executing the instruction program in accordance with the settings, wherein the instruction program is configured to lead though a plurality of features of guided reading of the handheld device for familiarization. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121213 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A USER SELECTED ZOOM LEVEL FOR OPTIMAL CONTENT DISPLAY SCREEN RENDERING - A user interface method for user selected zoom level determination. The method includes displaying a page of a document on a screen of the handheld device, and receiving an input from a user of the handheld device and setting a zoom level of the page in accordance there with. The method further includes, in response to the zoom level, processing the page in accordance there with to produce a plurality of dynamically sized segments, and for displaying successive pages on the screen, processing the successive pages to produce additional dynamically sized segments in accordance with the zoom level. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121206 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SINGLE TAP GESTURE ADVANCEMENT TO NEXT CONTENT PORTION - A user interface method for single tap gesture advancement. The method includes displaying a section of a document on a screen of the handheld device, and receiving an input from a user of the handheld device. The method further includes interpreting the input as an intention to change and to render a different section of the document, and rendering the different section of the document. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121205 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEXTUALLY BIASED FLOW FOR SUCCESSIVELY RENDERED CONTENT PORTIONS - A user interface method for textually biased flow. The method includes displaying a section of an article of a document on a screen of the handheld device, and receiving an input from a user of the handheld device. The method further includes interpreting the input as an intention to change and to render a different section of the article, and rendering the different section of the article without interruption from an intervening section not related to the article. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121204 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A VISUAL INDICATOR A DISPLAYED PAGE ENABLEMENT FOR GUIDED READING - A user interface method for dynamic guided reading. The method includes displaying a section of a document on a screen of the handheld device, and receiving an input from a user of the handheld device. The method further includes interpreting the input as an intention to read the section of the document, in response to the intention to read the section of the document, displaying a guided reading confirmation region on a section of the screen of the handheld device, and upon receiving a user input on the confirmation region, enabling guided reading on the handheld device. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120689 | EMPIRICALLY DETERMINED SEARCH QUERY REPLACEMENT - Systems and methods for automatically generating replacement query terms that offer improved search efficiency. Recommended search query terms are generated based on statistic information derived from empirical data recording prior search sessions with respect to searching on a search engine. A query term entered later in a search session is treated as a possible replacement term for a query term entered earlier in the same session. Upon receiving an initial query term in a new search session, the replacement terms of the initial query term are identified from the empirical data and evaluated as candidates for replacing the initial query term in the new search session. The evaluation is based on the respective occurrence rates that the candidates are used as replacement terms for the initial query term in the empirical data, and based on the respective conversion rates of the candidates. | 04-30-2015 |
20150113386 | GENERATION OF INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION PAGE - A system and method for automatically generating a commodity introductory document that encompasses personalized subject matter as well as related information acquired from external information sources. A predetermined template comprising user-authored sections and automated sections is used to select and organize the information. The GUIs corresponding to the user-authored sections allow an introductory document author to provide personalized input. The automated sections are linked to information sources through embedded hyperlinks, from which relevant information can be identified and derived to populate the automated sections. The introductory document author may be provided with a few options regarding the layout and the presentation of the indicatory document as well as individual sections thereof. | 04-23-2015 |
20150106735 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE OPERABLE FOR USER TASTE CONFIGURATION - A system and method for a graphical user interface operable for configuration of a user profile. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a plurality of pieces of content and displaying a first image corresponding to a first piece of content of the plurality of pieces of content. The first image is displayed in a first area of a display device. The method further includes receiving a first user input corresponding to a movement of the first image and determining whether the first image has been moved into a second area of the display device. In response to the first image being moved into the second area of the display device, the first image is displayed in the second area of the display device. The method further includes updating a user profile with a first indicator that the user is interested in the first piece of content corresponding to the first image. | 04-16-2015 |
20150100922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING USER-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON-SCREEN CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH AN ANIMATED WIDGET - Embodiments of the present invention are operable to display entertaining or amusing, user-specific content (e.g., amusing, short on-screen messages relating to the user's profession) adjacent to objects rendered during unresponsive system states (e.g., animated objects, such as a rotating wheel or hour glass animation, etc.). Additionally, content rendered by embodiments of the present invention may be related or unrelated to an application and/or a process currently being executed by computer system that may be causing the system's current unresponsive state. As such, embodiments of the present invention can improve an end-user's experience during unresponsive system states by entertaining end-users until the computer system can return to a previous activate state and resume performance of standard operations. | 04-09-2015 |
20150092326 | DETACHABLE SCREEN ACCESSORY - Detachable screen accessory. In accordance with a first embodiment, an apparatus includes an electronic display screen is mounted to a shell. A docking housing is mechanically coupled to the shell, opposite the electronic display screen. The docking housing is configured to mechanically capture a second electronic device. The second electronic device includes a second electronic device display screen. The apparatus also includes first circuitry configured to communicatively couple to the second electronic device, and second circuitry configured to display information from the second electronic device on the electronic display screen. The second electronic device may include a smart phone. | 04-02-2015 |
20150089454 | OVERSCROLL STRETCH ANIMATION - Overscroll stretch animation. In accordance with a first method embodiment, a portion of displayable information is displayed on a touch screen display in a nominal state. A movement of an object on or near the touch screen display is detected. Responsive to the movement, a boundary limit of the displayable information is detected. Responsive to the detecting, the portion of displayable information is displayed in a distorted state. The distorted state simulates fabric stretching. | 03-26-2015 |
20150067581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR HIERARCHICAL NAVIGATION - A system and method for a graphical user interface operable for navigation of a multimedia container hierarchy. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a first data store corresponding to a first multimedia container. The first multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. The first multimedia container comprises a second multimedia container. The method further includes displaying a first image corresponding to the second multimedia container and receiving a first input. The method further includes displaying a second image corresponding to a third multimedia container. The second multimedia container comprises the third multimedia container. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066597 | PROFIT-BASED LAYOUT DETERMINATION FOR WEBPAGE IMPLEMENTATION - Systems and methods for automatic generation and efficient exploration of a large number of webpage layouts to discover a layout with superior empirical performance. A set of variants are displayed to visitors in accordance with a display probability distribution. Data related to visitors' interactions to the variants are collected and processed to evaluate their respective profit-related performances. The display probability distribution may be dynamically adjusted based on the profit-based evaluation. A profit brought by a webpage layout may be ascribed to a number of revenue sources. These difference revenues may be tracked and summed together to yield a profit assessment for a layout variant. Profit performance of a layout variant may be calculated using a Gaussian with NΓ | 03-05-2015 |
20150062056 | 3D GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC PERSONAL DISPLAY - A method and system for utilizing 3D gesture recognition for operating an electronic personal display is disclosed. One example receives a contact from a capacitive touch sensing surface on at least a portion of the electronic personal display. In addition, airspace in range of the 3D motion sensor coupled with the electronic personal display is monitored for a motion associated with the contact. The contact and motion are correlated with a predefined gesture denoting a digital reading operation to be performed on a digital content item rendered on the electronic personal display and the digital reading operation is performed on the electronic personal display. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062055 | NON-SCREEN CAPACITIVE TOUCH SURFACE FOR BOOKMARKING AN ELECTRONIC PERSONAL DISPLAY - A method and system for utilizing a non-screen capacitive touch surface for bookmarking an electronic personal display is disclosed. One example provides a capacitive touch sensing surface on at least two non-planar portions of a housing of the electronic personal display. The capacitive touch sensing surface is monitored for a pinch and slide type contact from at least two non-planar points. In so doing, when the pinch and slide type contact is detected a bookmarking operation on the electronic personal display is performed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150058077 | REPORTING RESULTS OF AN AB TYPE OF TEST - A first subset of results, from testing a first version of an item versus a second version of the item, is accessed and displayed. The first subset includes first values associated with the first version and second values associated with the second version. The first subset is determined according to settings for parameters associated with the data. A representation of the first values includes a first band having a first width corresponding to confidence intervals for the first values, and a representation of the second values includes a second band having a second width corresponding to confidence intervals for the second values. In response to a change in the settings, a second subset of the results is automatically determined, accessed, and displayed and the first width and the second width of the first and second bands are automatically updated and displayed. | 02-26-2015 |
20150046809 | ACTIVITY INDICATOR - In accordance with a first method embodiment, a media content is displayed on a display screen. Information corresponding to other users' interaction with the media content is accessed. An activity indicator is displayed on the display screen. The activity indicator reflects a magnitude of the other users' interaction with the media content. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046783 | PRESENTING AN AGGREGATION OF ANNOTATED TERMS IN EBOOK - A system and method for providing an annotation summary for key terms in an ebook. An ebook includes pre-selected terms embedded with hyperlinks directing to one or more articles contained by one or more external information sources. Raw information from the one or more articles can be accessed and mapped to respective sections of a wireframe based on the field identifications attached to different segments of the raw information, thereby resulting in an annotation GUI. An annotation summary GUI that encompasses an aggregation of visual objects corresponding to the annotated terms in a book chapter can be presented in response to a user request. A user can select a visual object from the annotation summary GUI to open an annotation GUI for the corresponding term. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046782 | PRESENTING EXTERNAL INFORMATION RELATED TO PRESELECTED TERMS IN EBOOK - Systems and methods for rendering an annotation graphic user interface (GUI) that encompasses external information related to a book term in a structured frame. An ebook includes pre-selected terms embedded with hyperlinks directing to an article contained by an external information source. Upon a user interaction with such a pre-selected term, raw information from the one or more articles is accessed and fed to a wireframe. The raw information is mapped to respective sections of the wireframe based on the field identifications attached to different segments of the raw information. As a result, an annotation GUI including the external information can be displayed in a consistent and orderly format. | 02-12-2015 |
20140359516 | SENSING USER INPUT TO CHANGE ATTRIBUTES OF RENDERED CONTENT - A device such as an electronic book reader stores content and a setting for an attribute of the content. When the content is rendered on a display screen of the device, the rendered content is formatted based on the setting. In response to sensing a movement on or near a sensing device (e.g., a touchscreen that may be part of the display screen), the setting is changed and the rendered content is reformatted on the display screen using the new setting. | 12-04-2014 |
20140351752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HOME MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER - A system and method for a home multimedia container. The method includes accessing, within mobile device, a portion of an operating system corresponding to the mobile device and accessing a datastore corresponding to a home multimedia container. In one embodiment, the home multimedia container comprises a first object and a second object. The first object may be a first portion of content and the second object may be an application. The datastore may comprise information about the first object and the second object. The method further includes determining a first image based on the information about the first object and determining a second image based on an application icon corresponding to the application. The method further includes displaying the first image and the second image. In one embodiment, selection of the first image is operable to launch a first application operable to render the first portion of content. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351751 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OBJECTS IN A MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER - A system and method for managing objects in a multimedia container. The method includes displaying, on a mobile device, a piece of content; receiving an indication the piece of content is to be added to a subsequently identified multimedia container; displaying a list of a plurality of multimedia containers, wherein each of the multimedia containers is operable to comprise a plurality of media types; receiving an indication identifying a selected multimedia container; and displaying an indication that the piece of content has been added to the selected one of the plurality of multimedia containers. The method can further comprise: determining an image corresponding to the piece of content; and modifying a datastore corresponding to the selected multimedia container. Determining of the image corresponding to the piece of content can comprise accessing a book cover image, determining a rendering of a website, etc. The mobile device can be a tablet computing device. | 11-27-2014 |
20140320505 | GREYSCALE ANIMATION - Greyscale animation. In accordance with a first method embodiment, an animation region of an electronic display is determined. The animation region is set to display a flash-mitigating background color pattern. An animation sequence is displayed in the animation region. The flash-mitigating background color pattern may include a checkerboard pattern of alternating grey colored picture elements. | 10-30-2014 |
20140074652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING A RESIZABLE RECOMMENDATIONS AREA - A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface having recommendations. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a multimedia container. The multimedia container comprises a first object and a second object and the multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The data store comprises metadata associated with the first object and the second object. The method further includes displaying a plurality of images each corresponding to a respective recommendation based at least on the metadata associated with the first object and receiving an input. The plurality of items is displayed within a first portion of a display device. The method further includes in response to the input, displaying the plurality of images within a second portion of the display device. The second portion of the display device is greater in size than the first portion of the display device. | 03-13-2014 |
20140068501 | System and method for home screen navigation - A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes displaying, on a mobile device, a first subset of a plurality of objects of a multimedia container on a home screen and receiving an input. The multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. In one embodiment, the plurality of objects of said multimedia container extends beyond a display of said mobile device. In response to said input, a second subset of said plurality objects of said multimedia container and a portion of said first subset of plurality of objects of said multimedia container on said home screen is displayed. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068500 | System and method for navigation of a multimedia container - A system and method for managing a multimedia container. The method receiving, within a mobile device, a request to add a first object to a multimedia container and accessing a data store corresponding to the multimedia container. The multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. A first size attribute corresponds to the multimedia container. The method further includes adding the first object to the multimedia container and adjusting the first size attribute corresponding to the multimedia container. The first size attribute of the multimedia container is increased based on a second size attribute of the first object. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE INCLUDING A READING MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER - A system and method for a graphical user interface including a multimedia container. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a first data store corresponding to a multimedia container and accessing a second data store. The multimedia container comprises a first object and the multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. The second data store comprises data corresponding to a first electronic book. The method further includes displaying a first image corresponding to the first object, where the first image comprises a first book cover image corresponding to the first electronic book. The first image further comprises a first statistic corresponding to the first electronic book and the first statistic is related to access of the first electronic book. | 03-06-2014 |
20140063051 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING A SOCIAL MEDIA MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER - A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container. The social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and a first subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget. The social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The method further includes displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to the first social media application and the second social media application in a linear configuration and displaying a first image corresponding to the first social media widget. The first image is adjacent to a second image of the plurality of images corresponding to the first social media application. | 03-06-2014 |