SUMBOLA, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120324355 | SYNCHRONIZED READING IN A WEB-BASED READING SYSTEM - A system and method is presented for the creating a synchronized reading session in a web based reading environment. Data is maintained in a database relating to books, chapters, pages. Through a speaker interface, one user operating a speaker computer controls the pages that appear on the interfaces of all participants in the synchronized reading session. The speaker interface also accepts an audio input that is also shared with the interfaces of all participants in the session. All participants view the same pages and hear the same audio in synchronization. Temporary audio input abilities may be granted to a particular participant computers in order to allow a participant to ask a question. Temporary page control can also be granted to a particular participant computer. The speaker computer retains the ability to revoke temporary control granted to participant computers. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324337 | SHARED DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is presented for contributing explanations for words and phrases found in web-based books and text documents. Data is maintained in a database relating to books, chapters, pages, and page portions. Through the use of a user interface, users can select a text portion and submit an explanation for that portion. During review of the book by other users, the computerized system can emphasize those words and phrase for which a user has submitted an explanation. By selecting one of those page portions, a new user can be presented with the earlier submitted explanations, which will increase the new user's comprehension of the book. | 12-20-2012 |
20120320416 | HIGHLIGHTING IN WEB BASED READING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is presented for the highlighting of web-based books and text documents. Data is maintained in a database relating to books, chapters, pages, and page portions. Through the use of a user interface, users create highlights to the text documents by adding highlight database items to the database associated with page portions. Highlighted text portions are used to create excerpt documents, to value and price a request to license a portion of a text document, and to perform searches relating to the text document. | 12-20-2012 |