DISAMBIGUATION OF AN E-BOOK SERIES NUMBER

1 . A method for disambiguating an e-Book series number for an e-Book, the method comprising:

accessing metadata associated with the e-Book;

finding, in the metadata, a portion of e-Book series metadata comprising series related information; and

utilizing a plurality of rules on the metadata comprising series related information to generate a standardized e-Book series number.

2 . The method as recited by claim 1 , further comprising:

accessing the metadata in a centralized database; and

storing the standardized e-Book series number with the metadata in the centralized database.

3 . The method as recited by claim 1 , further comprising:

accessing the metadata on an e-reading device; and

storing the standardized e-Book series number with the metadata in a centralized database.

4 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

converting a date in a series number into a number of days since a predefined date.

5 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

determining if there is a float number in the series number; and

using the float number as the series number.

6 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

determining a series number from a keyword preceding a number at a beginning of a name portion of the e-Book series related information, wherein the keyword preceding the number is selected from the group consisting of: title, subtitle, no., no, vol, vol., volume, issue, book, part, pt. ed., episode, season, and level.

7 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

determining a series number from a symbol preceding a number at a beginning or an end of the e-Book series related information.

8 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

determining a series number from a number separated by a character from an end of the e-Book series related information.

9 . The method as recited by claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules comprises:

removing a pattern of numbers from the e-Book series related information; and

determining the series number from the pattern of numbers, the pattern of numbers selected from the group consisting of: x of n, x out of n, and x in a series of n.

10 . The method as recited by claim 1 , further comprising:

modifying the plurality of rules based on an other than English language; and

modifying the plurality of rules based on an other than English naming convention.

11 . An computing device comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions, a plurality of e-Books having digital content therein and metadata associated with each of the plurality of e-Books;

a processor that accesses the instructions in memory, the processor configured to:

access the metadata associated with the at least one of the plurality of e-Books;

find, in the metadata, a portion of an e-Book series related metadata; and

a metadata disambiguator to receive the portion of the e-Book series related metadata, extract the series related information therefrom, develop a standardized e-Book series number and associate the standardized e-Book series number with the metadata.

12 . The computing device of claim 11 wherein the metadata disambiguator accesses the metadata in a centralized database; and stores the standardized e-Book series number with the metadata in the centralized database.

13 . The computing device of claim 11 wherein the metadata disambiguator comprises:

a plurality of rules used to extract the series related information therefrom and develop the standardized e-Book series number.

14 . The computing device of claim 13 wherein the plurality of rules comprises:

at least one rule to determine a series number based on a preceding keyword from a beginning of the e-Book series related metadata, wherein the preceding keyword is selected from the group consisting of: no., no, vol, vol., volume, issue, book, part, pt. ed., episode, season, and level; and

at least one rule to determine a series number based on a preceding symbol from a beginning of the e-Book series related metadata.

15 . The computing device of claim 13 wherein the plurality of rules comprises:

at least one rule to determine a series number based on a preceding keyword from an end of the e-Book series related metadata, wherein the preceding keyword is selected from the group consisting of: no., no, vol, vol., volume, issue, book, part, pt. ed., episode, season, and level; and

at least one rule to determine a series number based on a number separated by a character from an end of the e-Book series related metadata.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a computing device, cause the hardware processor to perform a method for determining a standardized e-Book series number, the method comprising:

accessing, in a centralized database, metadata associated with the e-Book;

finding, in the metadata, a portion of e-Book series metadata comprising series related information and

utilizing a plurality of rules on the metadata comprising series related information to generate a standardized e-Book series number; and

storing the standardized e-Book series number with the metadata in the centralized database.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16 , further comprising:

removing an enclosing symbol from a beginning and an end of a name portion of the e-Book series related information;

replacing a written out number with an analogous numerical digit in a name portion of the e-Book series related information; and

replacing a roman numeral with an analogous numerical digit name portion of the e-Book series related information.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16 , further comprising:

determining a series number from a keyword preceding a number at a beginning of a name portion of the e-Book series related information; and

determining the series number from the keyword preceding the number at an end of the e-Book series related information.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16 , further comprising:

determining a series number from a symbol preceding a number at a beginning of the e-Book series related information; and

determining a series number from a symbol preceding a number at an end of the e-Book series related information.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as recited by claim 16 , further comprising:

determining a series number from a number separated by a character at a beginning of the e-Book series related information; and

determining a series number from a number separated by a character at an end of the e-Book series related information.