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Presenting external information related to preselected terms in ebook

US9703760B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 2013
Grant dateJul 11, 2017
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T11/60
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for rendering an annotation graphic user interface (GUI) that encompasses external information related to a book term in a structured frame. An ebook includes pre-selected terms embedded with hyperlinks directing to an article contained by an external information source. Upon a user interaction with such a pre-selected term, raw information from the one or more articles is accessed and fed to a wireframe. The raw information is mapped to respective sections of the wireframe based on the field identifications attached to different segments of the raw information. As a result, an annotation GUI including the external information can be displayed in a consistent and orderly format.

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