Methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface

US8694903B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

• Soumya Tiwari · Dhamtari, IN
• Ruchir Rodrigues · London, GB
• John Gallagher · Hopewell, US
• Raju Ramakrishnan · Bengaluru, IN
• Ashish Phutela · Panipat, IN
• Peter Joseph · Pathanamthitta, IN
• Manisha Gupta · Sidhauli, IN
• Manidipa Bhattacharyya · Dudhnai, IN
• James Y. Hwang · Dallas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 4, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/04883
• 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, detecting a user interaction with a graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects and representative of a segment within the plurality of segments, and directing the e-reader device to remove at least one other graphical object within the graphical objects from the display of the graphical objects, wherein the at least one other graphical object is representative of at least one other segment within the plurality of segments that is unrelated to the segment. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.