IP Library Patent Application 12481705
Patent Application
App. No. 12/481,705

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUB-PUBLICATION CONTENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

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12/481,705
Abstract

A system for and method for providing sub-publication content in an electronic device is presented. The system and method receive electronic content from one or more content sources via a network, where the electronic content includes a master publication content item and one or more sub-publication content items. The system and method store the plurality of electronic content and select at least some of the sub-publication content items for presentation with the master publication content. The system and method present the selected sub-publication content items with the corresponding master publication content at an electronic reader device.

Claims (27)

1 . A system for presenting sub-publication content in an electronic reader device, comprising:

an acquisition module configured to receive electronic content from one or more content sources via a network, wherein the electronic content comprises a master publication content item and one or more sub-publication content item;

a storage module configured to store the plurality of electronic content;

a selection module configured to select at least some of the one or more sub-publication content items for presentation with the master publication content; and

a presentation module configured to present the selected sub-publication content items with the corresponding master publication content at an electronic reader device.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sub-publication content items comprise at least one of news content, editorial content, book review content, sports content, classifieds content, book-related content, and newspaper-related content.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sub-publication content items comprise advertisement content.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the selection module selects the sub-publication content item based on dimension.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the selection module selects the sub-publication content items based on content association with the master publication.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sub-publication content item comprises two or more pages of content.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the sub-publication content item comprises an automatic page turning feature.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the automatic page turning feature is designed to loop back to the first page when at the last page of the sub-publication or to terminate the automatic page turning feature when at the last page of the sub-publication.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the selection module is capable of selecting an update sub-publication content item to replace a previously selected the sub-publication content item.

10 . A method for presenting sub-publication content in an electronic reader device, comprising:

receiving, at an acquisition module using at least one computer processor, electronic content from one or more content sources via a network, wherein the electronic content comprises a master publication content item and one or more sub-publication content items;

storing, at a storage module associated with the at least one computer processor, the plurality of electronic content;

selecting, by a selection module using the at least one computer processor, at least some of the one or more sub-publication content items for presentation with the master publication content item; and

presenting, by a presentation module using the at least one computer processor, the selected sub-publication content item with the corresponding master publication content item at an electronic reader device.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the sub-publication content items comprise at least one of news content, editorial content, book review content, sports content, classifieds content, book-related content, and newspaper-related content.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the sub-publication content items comprise advertisement content.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the selection module selects the sub-publication content items based on dimension.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the selection module selects the sub-publication content items based on content association with the master publication.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the sub-publication content item comprises two or more pages of content.

16 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the sub-publication content item comprises an automatic page turning feature.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatic page turning feature is designed to loop back to the first page when at the last page of the sub-publication or to terminate the automatic page turning feature when at the last page of the sub-publication.

18 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the selection module is capable of selecting an update sub-publication content item to replace a previously selected the sub-publication content item.

19 . A computer readable medium comprising code to perform the acts of the method of claim 10 .

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 6, 2017
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 044142/0357 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2013
From: EBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 030719/0344 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2013
From: SKIFF LLC
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 030474/0191 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 15, 2009
From: FIRSTPAPER, LLC
To: SKIFF, LLC
Reel/Frame 023655/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2009
From: LESHNER, WILLIAM; DUGA, BRADY; CONBOY, GARTH; RIVLIN, JOHN; LE CHEVALIER, VINCENT; RICHARDS, RUZE
To: FIRSTPAPER LLC; EBOOKS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 023239/0353 →