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System and method for visually presenting electronic media

US8918711B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 2012
Grant dateDec 23, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 8, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/137
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic book reader has an electronic book loaded in memory. The electronic book includes text, as well as markup tags around certain text portions. The markup tags indicate the availability of and link to supplemental content. A touch screen display allows a user to select a category of supplemental content or linked text. The display will show links for the category of content selected by the user, or will show categories of content for the linked text selected by the user.

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