Presenting external information related to preselected terms in ebook
US9703760B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 12, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2034 |
Classification
- 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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