Generation and presentation of electronic books for consumption in skim mode

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10872201-B1
Application number	US-201615383508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 19, 2016
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

Providing an electronic document for consumption in a first mode of operation wherein a prominent component of the content of the electronic document is presented at a first resolution. In a second mode of operation, a modified version of the prominent component having a lower resolution than the first resolution is generated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor device, content of an electronic book;
identifying, by the processor device, a first portion of the content as a prominent component comprising a picture having a first resolution;
generating, by the processor device, a modified version of the picture having a lower resolution than the first resolution;
identifying a second portion of the content comprising one or more non-prominent components; and
causing, by the processor device, a display of the electronic book comprising the modified version of the picture having the lower resolution, wherein the second portion of the electronic book comprising the one or more non-prominent components is suppressed from the display of the electronic book.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising designating, by the processor device, the first portion with a first tag indicating the first portion is the prominent component.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises:
determining a first format of text associated with the first portion is different than a second format of text associated with a second portion of the content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises:
determining a first frequency of occurrence of the first portion of the content in the electronic book is less than a second frequency of occurrence of a second portion of the content in the electronic book.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises identifying the first portion comprises the picture.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises identifying the first portion comprises a table.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising including, by the processor device, the modified version of the first portion with the electronic book.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising including in the electronic book, by the processor device, a link associating the first portion of the content and the modified version of the first portion of the content.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the first portion of the content as the prominent component further comprises:
determining that a first number of characters in the first portion of the content in the electronic book is less than a second number of characters of a second portion of the content in the electronic book.

10. A system comprising:
a memory to store instructions; and
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the instructions to:
identify a first portion of content of an electronic document as a prominent component comprising a picture having a first resolution;
generate a modified version of the picture having a lower resolution than the first resolution;
identify a second portion of the content comprising one or more non-prominent components; and
cause, by the processor device, a display of the electronic document comprising the modified version of the picture having the lower resolution, wherein the second portion of the electronic book comprising the one or more non-prominent components is suppressed from the display of the electronic book.

11. The system of claim 10 , the processing device to:
designate, in the electronic document, the first portion with a first tag to indicate the first portion is the prominent component.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing device to include the modified version of the first portion with the electronic book.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing device to include, in the electronic book, a link associating the first portion of the content and the modified version of the first portion of the content.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first portion of the content comprises a table.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first portion comprises a first format of text that is different than a second format of text associated with the non-prominent portion of the content.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein a first frequency of occurrence of the first portion of the content in the electronic book is less than a second frequency of occurrence of the non-prominent portion of the content in the electronic book.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein a first number of characters in the first portion of the content in the electronic book is less than a second number of characters of the non-prominent portion of the content in the electronic book.

18. An electronic reader comprising:
a memory to store instructions; and
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the instructions to:
detect an instruction to transition from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation;
identify, in the second mode of operation, a first portion of content of an electronic book as a prominent component comprising a picture having a first resolution;
identify a modified version of the picture having a lower resolution than the first resolution;
identify a second portion of the content comprising one or more non-prominent components; and
render a display of the electronic book comprising the modified version of the picture having the lower resolution, wherein the second portion of the electronic book comprising the one or more non-prominent components is suppressed from the display of the electronic book.

19. The electronic reader of claim 18 , the processing device to include, in the electronic book, a link associating the first portion of the content and the modified version of the first portion of the content.

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Chen Hong
• Bacus Michael Patrick
• Darmawan Rudy

Classifications

• G06F40/197 Primary

  Version control (for software G06F8/71) · CPC title

• G09B5/06 Primary

  with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied · CPC title

• G06F40/106

  Display of layout of documents; Previewing · CPC title

• G06F40/279

  Recognition of textual entities · CPC title

• G09G5/391

  Resolution modifying circuits, e.g. variable screen formats · CPC title