E-READER DEVICE WITH FEATURE TO PROVIDE CATEGORY-SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS OF TEXT ITEMS IN AN E-BOOK
A computing device that operates as an e-reader device on which category-specific highlights and annotations can be provided by a user.
1 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions for operating a computing device, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform operations that include:
displaying a portion of an e-book;
providing an interactive feature to receive input from a user that identifies (i) each of multiple text items from the e-book, and (ii) a category designation from multiple possible category designations for each of the multiple text items;
providing, as part of the e-book, visual indicia with each of the multiple text items, the visual indicia identifying the category designation for that text item; and
providing a presentation that aggregates each of the multiple text items by category designation.
2 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein providing visual indicia includes providing a highlight that includes a characteristic that is indicative of a corresponding category designation from the multiple possible category designations.
3 . The computer-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the characteristic includes at least one of a color, shading or pattern.
4 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein providing the presentation includes providing a panel over or adjacent to a text content of the e-book, the panel including a label and a corresponding visual indicia for each of at least some of the multiple possible category designations.
5 . The computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein providing the presentation is performed in response a user interacting with the panel.
6 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein at least one or more of the multiple possible category designations is user-defined.
7 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the visual indicia of at least one or more of the multiple possible category designations is selected by the user.
8 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein providing the presentation includes displaying a label for each of the multiple possible category designations along with one or more text items identified by the user for that category designation.
9 . The computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions for displaying one or more tabs on an edge of a text content of the e-book, each tab corresponding to one of the multiple possible category designations and including the visual indicia for the corresponding one of the multiple possible category designations.
10 . The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising instructions for responding to a selection of each of the one or more tabs by navigating a text content of the e-book to a location in the e-book where at least one of the multiple text items is provided with visual indicia corresponding to the category designation of the tab of the selection.
11 . The computer-readable medium of 1 , wherein providing the presentation includes clustering each text item with visual indicia of a particular category designation under a label for that category designation.
12 . The computer-readable medium of 1 , further comprising providing an active link with each text item provided with the presentation, the active link programmatically locating the text item within the e-book.
13 . A computer system comprising:
a memory that stores a set of instructions;
a display screen;
one or more processors that use instructions from the memory to:
display a portion of an e-book;
provide an interactive feature to receive input from the user that identifies (i) each of multiple text items from the e-book, and (ii) a category designation from multiple possible category designations for each of the multiple text items;
provide, as part of the e-book, visual indicia with each of the multiple text items, the visual indicia identifying the category designation for that text item; and
provide a presentation that aggregates each of the multiple text items by category designation.
14 . The computer system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors provide visual indicia by providing a highlight that includes a characteristic that is indicative of a corresponding category designation from the multiple possible category designations.
15 . The computer system of claim 14 , wherein the characteristic includes at least one of a color, shading or pattern.
16 . The computer system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors provide the presentation as a panel that is displayed over or adjacent to a text content of the e-book, wherein the panel includes a label and a corresponding visual indicia for each of at least some of the multiple category designations.
17 . The computer system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors display the presentation in response a user interacting with the panel.
18 . The computer system of claim 13 , wherein at least one or more of the multiple possible category designations is user-defined.
19 . The computer system 13 , wherein the one or more processors provide the presentation by displaying a label for each of the multiple possible category designations, along with one or more text items identified by the user for that category designation.
20 . A method for operating a computing device, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising:
displaying a portion of an e-book;
providing an interactive feature to receive input from the user that identifies (i) each of multiple text items from the e-book, and (ii) a category designation from multiple possible category designations for each of the multiple text items;
providing, as part of the e-book, visual indicia with each of the multiple text items, the visual indicia identifying the category designation for that text item; and
providing a presentation that aggregates each of the multiple text items by category designation.