Methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface

US8645873B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• Manisha Gupta · Sidhauli, IN
• Raju Ramakrishnan · Bengaluru, IN
• Balamurugan Natarajan · Coimbatore, IN
• Peter Joseph · Pathanamthitta, IN
• Soumya Tiwari · Dhamtari, IN
• James Y. Hwang · Dallas, US
• Ashish Phutela · Panipat, IN
• Manidipa Bhattacharyya · Dudhnai, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2011
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/04886
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication and arranged in a plurality of overlapping rows, detecting that a user has accessed a particular segment within the plurality of segments and represented by a particular graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects, and dynamically altering at least one display attribute associated with the particular graphical object to indicate that the particular segment has been accessed by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.