Patent application number | Description | Published |
20150220227 | E-READER DEVICE WITH FEATURE TO PROVIDE CATEGORY-SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF TEXT ITEMS IN AN E-BOOK - A computing device that operates as an e-reader device on which category-specific highlights and annotations can be provided by a user. | 08-06-2015 |
20150220253 | VARYING TRANSLUCENCY OF A GRAPHIC IMAGE OF AN E-BOOK TO INDICATE READING PROGRESS - A computing device to vary a translucency of a graphic representation of an e-book (e.g., iconic digital book cover) to reflect an activity or status, such as a user's progress in reading the e-book. | 08-06-2015 |
20150220503 | COMPUTING DEVICE THAT PROVIDES AN ENHANCEMENT MODE FOR USERS WITH READING DISABILITIES - A computing device provides a dyslexic enhancement mode. The dyslexic enhancement mode includes multiple dyslexic enhancement features that adjust the text content to facilitate ability of the user with dyslexia to read the text content. Additionally, the computing device provides an interface to enable the user to enter input to select and I specify values for individual dyslexic enhancement features. The computing device can configure implementation of the dyslexic enhancement mode based on the input provided by the user. | 08-06-2015 |
20150227509 | PROVIDING TRANSLATION OF A TEXT ITEM FROM A DISPLAYED PORTION OF TEXT CONTENT - A portion of a text content from a content item is displayed within a display area of a display of a computing device. A text item from the portion of the text content and a target language are identified from user input. A translation of the identified text item is retrieved from a network service in the target language. The translation of the identified text item is displayed within a boundary of the display area and concurrently with the portion of the text content. | 08-13-2015 |
20150234786 | E-READER DEVICE TO DISPLAY CONTENT FROM DIFFERENT RESOURCES ON A PARTITIONED DISPLAY AREA - An e-reader application is executed on a computing device in order to display a content from a first e-book. The e-reader application includes a first set of features for use with the first e-book. While displaying the content from the first e-book, a partition is implemented that segments a display area of a display into a first segment and a second segment. The partition is further implemented by providing the content and the set of features on only the first segment, and enabling selection of another resource from a plurality of possible resources using the e-reader application. In response to selection of the other resource, content is displayed based on the selected other resource on only the second segment of the display area. | 08-20-2015 |
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 |
20150304387 | PERFORMING SYNCHRONIZED E-BOOK ACTIVITIES BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DEVICES - A computing device can establish a wireless connection with at least one other computing device using a shared network. The computing device can display a portion of content of an e-book and receive user input for interacting with the displayed portion of content. In response to receiving the user input, the computing device performs an e-book activity with respect to the displayed portion based on the user input, and concurrently transmits, to the at least one other computing device using the wireless connection, a control signal that causes the at least one other computing device to perform an identical corresponding e-book activity on a corresponding portion of content displayed on the at least one other computing device. | 10-22-2015 |
20150317050 | E-BOOK GIFTING - 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. | 11-05-2015 |