SUPPLEMENTING AN E-BOOK'S METADATA WITH A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER

1 . A method for supplementing an e-Book's metadata with a unique identifier, the method comprising:

accessing, on a computing device, metadata associated with the e-Book;

finding, in the metadata, a name portion of e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information;

utilizing a plurality of rules on the name portion of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information to determine a distinct e-Book series name; and

utilizing the distinct e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in a same series; and

supplementing the metadata with the unique series identifier.

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

utilizing a language information from the metadata in addition to the distinct e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.

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

utilizing an author information from the metadata in addition to the distinct e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.

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

utilizing a language information and an author information from the metadata in addition to the distinct e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.

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

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

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

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

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

removing a series number with a preceding keyword from a beginning of the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information;

removing the series number with the preceding keyword from an end of the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information; and

saving the series number as a backup series number.

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

removing a series number with a preceding symbol from a beginning of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information;

removing the series number with the preceding symbol from an end of the e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information; and

saving the series number as a backup series number.

8 . 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 metadata conflated with non-name related information;

determining from the pattern of numbers a series number; and

saving the series number as a backup series number.

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

removing any non-letter characters from the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information.

10 . A computing device comprising:

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

a touch screen display;

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

access the metadata associated with the e-Book;

find, in the metadata, a name portion of an e-Book series metadata intermingled with non-name related information;

a metadata disambiguator to receive the name portion of the e-Book series metadata intermingled with non-name related information and extract the non-name related information therefrom to obtain a specific e-Book series name; and

a unique identifier generator to use the specific e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in a same series and add the unique series identifier to the metadata as a supplement.

11 . The computing device of claim 10 wherein the unique identifier generator utilizes a language information from the metadata in addition to the specific e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.

12 . The computing device of claim 10 wherein the unique identifier generator utilizes an author information from the metadata in addition to the specific e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.

13 . The computing device of claim 10 wherein the unique identifier generator utilizes a language information and an author information from the metadata in addition to the specific e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.

14 . The computing device of claim 10 wherein the metadata disambiguator uses at least one of a plurality of rules from the group consisting of:

at least one rule to remove an enclosing symbol from a beginning and an end of the e-Book series metadata;

at least one rule to replace a written out word with an equivalent numerical digit in the e-Book series metadata; and

at least one rule to replace a roman numeral with an equivalent numerical digit in the e-Book series metadata.

15 . The computing device of claim 10 wherein the metadata disambiguator uses at least one of a plurality of rules from the group consisting of:

at least one rule to remove a series number with a preceding keyword from a beginning of the e-Book series metadata;

at least one rule to remove the series number with a preceding symbol from a beginning of the e-Book series metadata; and

at least one rule to save the series number as a backup series number.

16 . The computing device of claim 10 wherein the metadata disambiguator uses at least one of a plurality of rules from the group consisting of:

at least one rule to remove a series number with a preceding keyword from an end of the e-Book series metadata;

at least one rule to remove a series number separated by a character from an end of the e-Book series metadata; and

at least one rule to save the series number as a backup series number.

17 . 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 an e-Book series name, the method comprising:

accessing metadata associated with the e-Book;

finding, in the metadata, a name portion of an e-Book series metadata intermixed with non-name related information;

utilizing a plurality of rules on the name portion of the e-Book series metadata conflated with non-name related information to determine a distinct e-Book series name;

utilizing the distinct e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in a same series; and

adding the unique series identifier to the metadata as a supplement.

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

utilizing a language information from the metadata in addition to the distinct e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.

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

utilizing an author information from the metadata in addition to the distinct e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.

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

utilizing a language information and an author information from the metadata in addition to the distinct e-Book series name to generate a unique series identifier for each e-Book in the same series.