Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715251000 | Pagination | 71 |
20080244384 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR RETRIEVING IMAGE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IMAGE RETRIEVAL APPARATUS - An apparatus divides a document image of each page which is to be input and stored into a plurality of regions according to image attribute contained in the document image to generate layout analysis data of each region. Further, the image data of each page is classified so that the image data belongs to one of a plurality of clusters based on the analysis data. When the document image of the page is retrieved, representative layout images in each cluster are displayed. A user selects and specifies the layout representative image which is the closest to the layout of the document image of the page which the user memorizes and desires to retrieve. Thus, the cluster is specified, and the image data of a page belonging to the cluster is retrieved and output. | 10-02-2008 |
20080282149 | Automated Paragraph Layout - Methods and apparatus for calculating paragraph layout. A method begins with a first node in a paragraph and calculates an optimal line break scheme for paragraph layout that ended in the node. For every subsequent node in the paragraph, the method calculates an optimal line break scheme for paragraph layout that ends respectively in every subsequent node. Each optimal line break scheme is calculated by minimizing the total of a penalty value of a current line and all preceding penalties of all preceding lines. The preceding penalties of all preceding lines are defined by a previously calculated optimal line break scheme. | 11-13-2008 |
20090031214 | VIEWING OF INTERNET CONTENT - Different pieces of Internet content are manually selected during viewing on a screen, the selected pieces are arranged into a single publication, and the publication is sent to print. | 01-29-2009 |
20090150769 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PAGINATING AND PREVIEWING XHTML/HTML FORMATTED INFORMATION CONTENT - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for paginating and previewing essentially continuously-flowing non-paginated search results, such as XHTML/HTML formatted information content. The method includes at least: entering a search query; sending the query to a search engine; and receiving a search result having a list of data files matching to the search query. The method comprises at least: paginating the essentially continuously-flowing content of the data files retrieved; rendering preview pages from the data files; selecting the preview pages to be previewed; and previewing the matching preview pages associated with the data files retrieved. | 06-11-2009 |
20090204893 | DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE PAGE NUMBERING SYSTEM - A system and method for dynamically configuring page numbers. A user is prompted for pagination data, including page number, pagination formatting, and pagination location for each page of a rendition of a document, via a thin client interface on a workstation. A document image data file comprising a bitmapped electronic document associated with the pagination data is then retrieved. An object file is populated with numbering data specified by the pagination data. The object and document files are communicated to a document rendering device that processes the object file to generate bitmapped pagination content. A merged file is created from bitmapped content of the image file and pagination content from the object file. A document output is generated from the merged file having viewable content including the content of the document data image file and the populated object file. The document output is communicated to the rendering device for rendering. | 08-13-2009 |
20100011287 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING DOCUMENT LAYOUT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The distances between adjacent objects on a document are extracted. Next, the plurality of extracted distances are grouped on the basis of a value based on the horizontal (lateral) position of a distance-adjustment graphical user interface; the plurality of distances are unified to a representative value based on the vertical position of the distance-adjustment graphical user interface. Next, the objects are rearranged (subjected to relayout) so that the distance between the adjacent objects on the document becomes the representative value. | 01-14-2010 |
20100042916 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING TEXTUAL PASSAGES THAT AFFECT DOCUMENT LENGTH - The system relates to identifying critical textual passages that influence the pagination of electronic documents such that the addition or removal of text to these critical passages will have the effect of shortening or lengthening the document. | 02-18-2010 |
20100192059 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A display apparatus includes a reading and display device configured to read contents selected based on instructions from a nonvolatile portable storage device that can rewrite storage content and is removable, and to cause a display device to display the contents; a display switching device configured to switch a page of the contents being displayed by the display device based on the instructions; and a storage control device configured to cause the portable storage device to store display page information indicating the page displayed immediately before an end of a display of the selected contents, in correspondence with the contents, at a predetermined timing. The reading and display device reads the display page information corresponding to the selected contents from the portable storage device, and causes the display device to display the page indicated by the display page information. | 07-29-2010 |
20100241952 | EXTENDABLE META-DATA SUPPORT IN FINAL FORM PRESENTATION DATASTREAM PRINT ENTERPRISES - Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating and associating meta-data with a final form presentation datastream document where the meta-data is structured in accordance with the datastream component architectures. Meta-data objects (“MDOs”) are architected as components of a presentation document and thus are well defined to allow applications to reliably access and process the meta-data contained therein. The MDOs may be associated with other components of the document and are architected to be extensible and flexible while still adhering to an architectural structure. The MDOs may be descriptive (no affect in document presentation) or operational (affects document presentation if processed). Standard types of MDOs may include XML standard information, JDF standard information, PWG standard information, and digital signature information. A variety of standard categories further define typical meta-data forms and applications thereof. | 09-23-2010 |
20110154189 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus that controls to display images so that a plurality of images are assigned to each page changes display from a page being displayed to another page according to a user's operation. Here, the display control apparatus performs pre-reading in which images to be displayed in pages other than the page being displayed are read from a device storing the images and stored in a temporary memory unit while the page is being displayed. In the pre-reading, a predetermined number of images fewer than the number of images assigned to each page are pre-read for each page other than the page being displayed, in ascending order of distance of each page to the page being displayed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154190 | Constraint and Rule-Based Page Layout - Constraints and rules are defined for one or more content objects. The constraints are utilized to lay out content objects on a canvas. Content is received for one of the content objects. The constraints and rules for the content object are utilized in an attempt to fit the content to the selected content object. If the content cannot be fit to the selected content object, the rules are utilized to modify the constraints for the other content objects and the layout for the canvas is regenerated. If the available content cannot be fit to the content objects on a page without overflowing, one or more additional pages are added to the canvas. Once the additional pages have been added, the content objects are laid out and content is fitted to the content objects across all of the pages. | 06-23-2011 |
20120047433 | Document Reviewer System - A computer system for reviewing electronic documents is provided. The system comprises a computer processor implementing a method including sequentially displaying documents from the ordered list of documents on a monitor. The documents are displayed by automatically displaying pages from a user selected document in the ordered list in a page-by-page manner. After display of the last page of the user selected document, pages from the next document are automatically displayed in the ordered list in a page-by-page manner. | 02-23-2012 |
20120110442 | UTILIZING DOCUMENT STRUCTURE FOR ANIMATED PAGINATION - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for visually emphasizing information displayed on a computing device. In one example, a method that includes receiving a first portion of a document for display by the computing device, the first portion of the document including multiple elements separated by one or more delimiters. The method further includes dividing the multiple elements into a first set of one or more elements, each of which is displayable in its entirety at a time of display of the first portion of the document, and a second set of at least one element, the at least one element not displayable in its entirety at the time of display of the first portion of the document. The method further includes generating for display the first portion of the document, including visually emphasizing the first set of elements with respect to the second set of elements. | 05-03-2012 |
20120198330 | Electronic Book Systems and Methods - The invention relates to systems and methods for providing electronic books. According to one embodiment, the invention provides an electronic book file converter system. The file converter system has an input for receiving an electronic book file in a first format. The first format file includes a text portion representing text of a printed book version. A page transition detector detects page transitions in the printed book version. A page transition marker inserts a page transition indicator in the first format file at each detected on. In that manner the converter system converts the first format file to a second format file. The page transition indicators in the second format file enable an electronic book reading device to paginate an electronic book in accordance with page numbers of the printed book version. | 08-02-2012 |
20120240036 | E-Book Reading Location Indicator - To help a reader of an electronic document, e.g., an eBook, find his or her reading location following a repagination event, an electronic reader application executing on an electronic device displays a first portion of content of the electronic document, detects that the reader has performed a predetermined action that triggers repagination of the electronic document, and repaginating the electronic document to cause the reader application to display a second portion of content of the electronic document, the second portion including at least some of the first portion of content and at least some newly visible content of the electronic document, such that the newly visible content appears visually different, at least temporarily, from the first portion of content that remains visible. | 09-20-2012 |
20120246560 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING TEXTUAL PASSAGES THAT AFFECT DOCUMENT LENGTH - The system relates to identifying critical textual passages that influence the pagination of electronic documents such that the addition or removal of text to these critical passages will have the effect of shortening or lengthening the document | 09-27-2012 |
20120304053 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Techniques are disclosed for displaying content on an electronic book having a plurality of physically distinct displays configured to be turned by a user. A content page may be calculated for display on a display page with number Dm, different from the currently opened display page number Dn. The content page may be calculated based at least in part on a ratio between Dd and Dr, where Dd is a difference between Dm and Dn, and Dr is a number of display pages between the currently opened display page and a beginning or end of the available display pages formed by the plurality of displays of the electronic book. | 11-29-2012 |
20120324344 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display apparatus includes a designation unit configured to designate a number of pages, a calculation unit configured to calculate an enlargement ratio based on original data, the number of pages designated by the designation unit, and an area of a display unit, a size change unit configured to change a size of an object included in the original data based on the enlargement ratio calculated by the calculation unit, and a display unit configured to display the object whose size has been changed by the size change unit on the display unit on a page-by-page basis by using the number of pages designated by the designation unit. | 12-20-2012 |
20130007602 | FIXED LAYOUT ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS - According to some embodiments, techniques are described herein to assist a publisher to create fixed layout pages of an electronic publication. The techniques are useful for creating cookbooks, travel books, photography books, children's books, other “illustrated books”, or any other electronic publication where a fixed layout for at least some of the pages of the electronic publication is desirable. With the techniques, the publisher may embed fonts, select particular fonts and font sizes, assign visual content to fixed layout pages, and precisely position visual content at fixed positions on fixed layout pages. A scaling mechanism for an electronic reader device is also disclosed for scaling fixed layout pages to fit the size of a display screen of the reader device while maintaining the aspect ratio and assignment of visual content to fixed layout pages specified by the publisher. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007603 | FIXED LAYOUT ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS - According to some embodiments, techniques are described herein to assist a publisher to create fixed layout pages of an electronic publication. The techniques are useful for creating cookbooks, travel books, photography books, children's books, other “illustrated books”, or any other electronic publication where a fixed layout for at least some of the pages of the electronic publication is desirable. With the techniques, the publisher may embed fonts, select particular fonts and font sizes, assign visual content to fixed layout pages, and precisely position visual content at fixed positions on fixed layout pages. A scaling mechanism for an electronic reader device is also disclosed for scaling fixed layout pages to fit the size of a display screen of the reader device while maintaining the aspect ratio and assignment of visual content to fixed layout pages specified by the publisher. | 01-03-2013 |
20130019166 | AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING PAGE IMAGES - Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically classifying images of pages of a source, such as a book, into classifications such as front cover, copyright page, table of contents, text, index, etc. In one embodiment, three phases are provided in the classification process. During a first phase of the classification process, a first classifier may be used to determine a preliminary classification of a page image based on single-page criteria. During a second phase of the classification process, a second classifier may be used to determine a final classification for the page image based on multiple-page and/or global criteria. During an optional third phase of classification, a verifier may be used to verify the final classification of the page image based on verification criteria. If automatic classification fails, the page image may be passed on to a human operator for manual classification. | 01-17-2013 |
20130024767 | E-BOOK TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING A SCREEN - According to one embodiment, an electronic book (E-book) terminal comprising a touch screen and configured to switch a screen corresponding to content includes a display for displaying a user input area set to support an application for screen switching, and display a screen where page switching is performed depending on a user's manipulation made in the user input area, an input recognizer for recognizing an action command corresponding to the manipulation made on the touch screen in the user input area displayed on the display, and a controller for detecting a start page, a moving direction, and a moving distance based on the action command recognized by the input recognizer. The controller configured to display a page-switching screen from the start page to a target page determined based on the moving direction and the moving distance, and displaying the target page upon completion of moving of the page. | 01-24-2013 |
20130031471 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT RASTERIZING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT RASTERIZING DEVICE - Disclosed are an electronic document rasterizing method and an electronic document rasterizing device. The method comprises a thumbnail image rasterizing step of calculating an initial resolution for rasterizing a thumbnail image of the electronic document page, and then carrying out rasterization with regard to the thumbnail image of the electronic document page; an electronic document page dividing step of dividing, based on a designated resolution and the size of a display area, the electronic document page into plural regional segments; a region-of-interest determining step of determining, in response of designation of a position of interest, a current region of interest in the plural regional segments; and a region-of-interest rasterizing step of determining at least one document segment belonging to the current region of interest, and then rasterizing the current region of interest by rasterizing the document segment belonging to the current region of interest based on the designated resolution. | 01-31-2013 |
20130031472 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a publication. The detecting unit detects a plurality of objects that perform an operation of turning one or more pages of the publication. The control unit for determines a range of pages to be turned, based on a distance between the objects. | 01-31-2013 |
20130061134 | Storage Device Storing Page Processing Program and Information Processing Apparatus - A storage device may store a page processing program that, when executed, causes an information processing apparatus to perform a series of steps. The steps may include acquiring information indicating pages to be printed on successive back and front sides of separate recording media, and associating, based on the acquired information, a top page of a first page group including the pages with a front side or a back side of a recording medium such that the pages is set to be printed on successive back and front sides of separate recording media. The steps may further include determining whether the top page has been associated with a back side of a recording medium and inserting a page at a top of the first page group in a case that the top page is determined to be associated with the back side of the recording medium. | 03-07-2013 |
20130080881 | VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR A DIGITAL WORK - In some implementations, a device displays supplemental information in connection with a digital work. The supplemental information may include a visual representation that represents one or more occurrences of an object in the digital work. The visual representation may include an area representative of an expanse of the digital work. At least one marking is located in the area in correlation to a location of an occurrence of the object in the digital work. In some examples, the visual representation may include a plurality of markings representing multiple occurrences of the object in the digital work, with a first or leftmost marking positioned in the area in proportion to a first occurrence of the object in the digital work. A second or rightmost marking may be positioned in the area in proportion to a final occurrence of the object in the digital work. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080882 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING AN APPLICATION PROGRAM - A method for executing an application program is applied to an electronic device. A frame displayed by the electronic device includes a first icon, and the first icon corresponds to the application program. The method includes storing a first predetermined parameter corresponding to a first function of the application program; generating a first graph at a first location of the frame; dragging the first icon to overlap at least part of the first graph; comparing the first graph with the first predetermined parameter; starting the first function of the application program if the first graph matches the first predetermined parameter. | 03-28-2013 |
20130139051 | MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY MOBILE TERMINAL - A non-transitory storage medium storing a program readable by a computer of a mobile terminal including: a storage configured to store an image data set containing image data having order numbers; and a display. The program causes the computer to function as a display controller that controls displays a first image based on image data that is a selected one of the image data. The display controller, where images respectively based on the image data have a two-page-spread relationship, displays the first image and a second image consecutive to the first image in a two-page spread layout in which the first image and the second image are arranged respectively on one and the other of the right and left pages; and where the images do not have the two-page-spread relationship, displays the first image in a layout that differs from the two-page spread layout. | 05-30-2013 |
20130139052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING EPUB ELECTRONIC BOOK - The present disclosure relates to the field of e-book technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for loading an EPub e-book into a reading device. A method for loading an EPub e-book provided herein includes: resolving a directory file of the EPub e-book to obtain directory index information of each chapter of the EPub e-book, and displaying a directory of the EPub e-book; resolving a chapter selected in the EPub e-book, and displaying content of the resolved chapter and a page number of a current page relative to the selected chapter; and obtaining number of pages of every other chapter in the EPub e-book, and displaying page number information according to the obtained number of pages of each chapter. The corresponding reading device and a system for sharing loading data of all chapters of an EPub e-book are also disclosed. | 05-30-2013 |
20130159844 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TEMPORARY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A control unit of a personal computer (PC) | 06-20-2013 |
20130167019 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE - An electronic notebook device ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130174025 | VISUAL COMPARISON OF DOCUMENT VERSIONS - Visual comparison of document versions is described. In some implementations, versions of a document can be quickly displayed using a single user input. In some implementations, a displayed page of a version of the document can be replaced by a corresponding page of another version of the document. | 07-04-2013 |
20130227400 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to scan document data in a direction from a first page to a last page to extract a first page range required for reducing one page and to scan the document data from the last page in the first page range in a direction opposite to the direction of scanning the first page range to extract a second page range required for reducing one page, and a page reduction unit configured to execute page reduction processing by reducing a blank region included in a page in the second page range if a number of pages included in the second page range is smaller than a number of pages included in the first page range. | 08-29-2013 |
20130232407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING, REPRODUCING, AND MAINTAINING ELECTRONIC BOOKS - Systems and methods for producing, reproducing, and maintaining electronic books are provided. In one aspect, a system ( | 09-05-2013 |
20130268847 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PAGES OF E-BOOK - A system and method that displays pages of an e-book on a display of a mobile device, according to a user's input information related to the pages is provided. The page display method of a mobile device with a touch screen, includes displaying at least one page of an e-book on the touch screen, detecting a touch in a first corner area of one of the at least one displayed page, deforming the first corner area to a second corner area in response to the touch, detecting a first touch moving from the second corner area, and folding the displayed page according to the movement of the first touch. | 10-10-2013 |
20130298014 | User Interface for Reordering Thumbnails - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for reordering thumbnails. The method includes displaying a visual representation of an electronic document including a first page and a second page in an original order on a user interface generated on a touchscreen display, receiving movement data indicating that the touch has moved in a horizontal direction relative to the user interface, toward the second page. The method also includes altering the visual representation in response to release data such that the first page and the second page are presented in an altered order in the electronic document. | 11-07-2013 |
20130318437 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING UI AND PORTABLE APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a UI and a portable apparatus applying the same are provided. The method for providing the UI of the portable apparatus includes determining whether motion of shaking the portable apparatus a predetermined number of times is input or not using a sensor included in the portable apparatus, and, if the motion of shaking the portable apparatus the predetermined number of times is input, providing haptic feedback according to a number of pieces of information displayed on a notice window of the portable apparatus. Accordingly, if a predetermined event occurs, haptic feedback corresponding to the predetermined event is provided, so that the user can identify the event without seeing a display. | 11-28-2013 |
20130326342 | OBJECT SCALABILITY AND MORPHING AND TWO WAY COMMUNICATION METHOD - In various example embodiments, a system and method for providing scalability and morphing for transitions between states of a user interface are provided. In example embodiments, a request to transition from a departure state of a first page of the user interface to a destination state of a second page of the user interface is received. A plurality of elements and element attributes within the departure state and the destination state are identified. For each of the elements, a transition mechanism to be applied to an element to transition to the destination state is determined. The transition to the destination state is automatically generated by applying, for each of the elements, the determined transition mechanism. | 12-05-2013 |
20140026040 | USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTATION OF A DOCUMENT - A system identifies a document and provides an excerpt page corresponding to the document. The excerpt page includes a page of the document and a set of links to sections of the document. One of the links corresponds to a section containing the page and includes text associated with the link, a next page element to permit a next page in the document to be presented, and a previous page element to permit a previous page in the document to be presented. The next page element and the previous page element are visually associated with the text associated with the link. | 01-23-2014 |
20140053066 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A cellular phone includes a display surface; a touch sensor configured to detect an input with respect to the display surface; and a CPU configured to control a display. In the case where a predetermined page of an electronic document is displayed on the display, the CPU updates, while an input is continuously detected by the touch sensor, an amount to be turned when pages of the electronic document are turned, and determines an amount to be turned by which the electronic document is turned based on the updated amount to be turned at a timing when the input is terminated. | 02-20-2014 |
20140059425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC BOOK IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for controlling an electronic book in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a particular page of an electronic book selected from pre-stored electronic books, when an electronic book fore-edge display gesture is input, displaying a fore-edge of the electronic book while displaying the particular page, when a page turn gesture is input to the displayed fore-edge, determining a page based on the page turn gesture, and displaying the determined page. | 02-27-2014 |
20140068424 | GESTURE-BASED NAVIGATION USING VISUAL PAGE INDICATORS - Example embodiments relate to gesture-based navigation using visual page indicators. In example embodiments, a computing device detects a held user input and a movement of the held input in a first direction. In response to the held input exceeding a movement threshold in the first direction, the device may display a visual indicator that indicates that a currently-displayed user interface will change from a current page to a second page in response to a release of the held input. The device may then modify the currently-displayed interface from the current page to the second page in response to the release of the held input while the visual indicator is displayed. | 03-06-2014 |
20140075297 | 3D VISUALIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF RESERVOIR MONITORING DATA - Data collected during reservoir monitoring may include fiber optic measurements utilizing a distributed sensing system. Downhole monitoring with the distributed sensing system may generate large amounts of data. For example, the system may be capable of producing the functional equivalent of tens, hundreds, or even thousands of sensors along a length of a wellbore. Continuous monitoring of various properties, including temperature, pressure, Bragg gradient, acoustic, and strain, may create a large volume of data, possibly spanning into several gigabytes. Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for analyzing a large volume of measurements taken in a wellbore without compromising on the integrity of data. | 03-13-2014 |
20140082486 | SYSTEM FOR PRECISELY POSITIONING DOCUMENT PAGE NUMBER OF HANDHELD APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for precisely positioning a document page number of a handheld apparatus and a method thereof are provided. When a document is opened, a sliding positioning element is provided, and an adjustment range is calculated according to a current page number of the document, so that the sliding positioning element achieves the technical efficacy of precisely positioning a page number of document content in the calculated adjustment range. | 03-20-2014 |
20140095988 | CREATING AND CONSUMING STREAMING E-BOOK CONTENT - A collection of resources comprising an electronic book is analyzed and a list describing the electronic book is created, wherein the list identifies the resources used in rendering pages of the electronic book. A maximum payload for each page is determined and the electronic book is modified by moving resources used in rendering various pages to other pages, such that the payload of each page does not exceed the maximum payload designated for the page. | 04-03-2014 |
20140115449 | GENERATING SAMPLE DOCUMENTS - Some embodiments described herein provide a content publishing tool that includes a document-sampling tool for generating a sample document from a full-length document. In some embodiments, the document-sampling tool allows a publisher to identify a section of a document and generate a sample document that includes a selection of pages from that section. The sample document may be generated using a predefined percentage of the pages of the section up to a maximum of a predefined number of pages. The heuristics of the sample generation may also specify that the sample document include a minimum of some number of pages. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123001 | USER DISPLAYS USING N-WAY PAGINATED MERGE OF INFORMATION FROM DIVERSE SOURCES - Identifying a set of information sources from a plurality of N diverse information sources, then, responsive to user input, retrieving a first set of data items from a first information source after determining a first extent of information retrieval, and retrieving a second set of data items from the second information source after determining a second extent of information retrieval and so on for all of the N diverse information sources. The extents of the retrieval comprise at most a number of data items specified by a user (e.g., corresponding to a page size). The method continues by sorting all of the N set of data items fetched from the diverse sources in Round Robin fashion until at least a specific number of elements are merged for generating a paged, sorted set of data items to be displayed in a paginated format. | 05-01-2014 |
20140157115 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING PREVIEW IMAGE, METHOD OF DISPLAYING PREVIEW IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A image display technique which is improved in user-friendliness by reducing time required to display a preview image even in a case where image data with bookbinding print settings is displayed as a preview in the order of physical pages. Bookbinding image data is generated by executing bookbinding layout processing on input image data. Either normal page numbers or bookbinding page numbers are assigned to respective pages of the bookbinding-laid-out image data. A preview image of the bookbinding image data is generated based on the assigned page numbers and displayed on a display panel. A preview image of at least a page next to a page of which the preview image is being displayed is generated based on the assigned page numbers during display of the preview image on the display panel. | 06-05-2014 |
20140215322 | METHOD FOR MANAGING AND SELECTIVELY ARRANGING SETS OF MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS AND PAGES WITHIN DOCUMENTS - A method of computerized presentation of a plurality documents is disclosed. There is at least one original document with at least one original document page, and an addendum document with at least one addendum document page. A first selection of the at least one original document is received. There is a page sequencing array defined by an arrangement of each original document. A second selection of the addendum document is received. Each of the at least one addendum document page is correlated to an original document page. A document set is generated, using the first selection and the second selection. For each addendum document in the document set, a priority identifier is determined. A document set view is generated from the document set with the original document pages and the addendum document pages, and is defined by an ordered page selection according to the page sequencing array. | 07-31-2014 |
20140281936 | Computer Program Products And Methods For Displaying Digital Looseleaf Content - Computer program products and methods for displaying information relating to one or more digital looseleafs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer usable medium having computer readable instructions embodied therein. The computer readable instructions cause a processor to display of a first table of contents page of a digital looseleaf. In response to receipt of a user selection of a representation of an individual one of the plurality of main sections, a second table of contents page is displayed overtop the first table of contents page such that an edge portion of the first table of contents page is unobstructed by the second table of contents page. In response to receipt of a user input in the edge portion of the first table of contents page, an entirety of the first table of contents page is displayed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289615 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TYPESETTING - A method for a device to perform typesetting on a document, including: paginating the document into a plurality of pages; determining that a page of the plurality of pages contains a blank area after the paginating; determining an adjustable element in the document that causes the blank area; and transposing the adjustable element and an adjacent element in the document, to determine a typesetting sequence for the document. | 09-25-2014 |
20140298166 | DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention displays virtual printed matter in a form close to an actual printed matter and an actual final product on a screen, and performs pagination work on the virtual printed matter, considering the form of the printed matter and the final product. A data generation apparatus includes a form information selection unit which selects form information related to the form of a final product and a printed matter, information acquisition units which acquire the selected form information, a pagination processing unit which paginates virtual printed matter simulating the printed matter based on the acquired form information to generate pagination data, and a display unit which three-dimensionally displays a process of paginating the virtual printed matter. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298167 | ELECTRONIC BOOK PAGINATION - An electronic book can be paginated by reference to a print version of the same book. Pages of the print version are scanned to obtain text strings and page labels corresponding to each of the pages. The text strings are then compared to the electronic book to find the best matching positions within the electronic book. The matching positions within the electronic book are then associated with the page numbers of the pages from which the matching text strings were obtained. Autocorrelation can be used to determine matching positions. | 10-02-2014 |
20140365875 | RESOURCE PROVISIONING FOR ELECTRONIC BOOKS - A method for provisioning IT resources includes receiving a signal from an e-book reading device indicating that a user of the e-book reading device is approaching a practical procedure section within an e-book being read by the user on the e-book reading device. The practical procedure section includes an exercise to be performed by the user pertaining to the subject matter of the e-book. What IT resources are needed for the user to perform the exercise are determined. The needed IT resources are provisioned such that the IT resources that the needed IT resources are available when the user is ready to perform the exercise. | 12-11-2014 |
20140380153 | METHOD FOR DIVIDING PAGES AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for dividing pages and an electronic display device are provided. The method for dividing pages includes the following steps. An edit page is started on the display screen, and a length of an editable area is increased in the edit page when the edit page is pulled down. The edit page receives a paging operation to generate at least one page break in at least one position of the edit page. When the at least one page break is generated, the edit page is divided into at least two separate pages according to the at least one page break, and the separate pages are respectively saved as different files. The method for dividing pages is more convenient and user-friendly for the user operating a data editing operation of the electronic display device. | 12-25-2014 |
20150052425 | METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR PAGE USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MANNER IN PORTABLE DEVICE AND PORTABLE DEVICE FOR THE SAME - A user interface for a movement between pages having a laminated structure in a portable device is provided. A method of searching for a page in a three dimensional manner in a portable device includes overlappingly displaying a plurality of pages in three dimensions; detecting a distance between the portable device and a user input means; sequentially moving and displaying the plurality of pages according to the detected distance; and when a movement of the user input means for selecting a page is detected, displaying the selected page. As a user brings a user input means close to a front surface of the portable device, the pages having the laminated structure are sequentially moved and displayed one by one, starting from a page displayed on the front. The user can identify the pages and select a desired page by making a gesture for selecting a shown page. | 02-19-2015 |
20150067484 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus that displays a first page and a second page. The display apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the layout of the first page is similar to the layout of the second page by comparing an object included in the first page with an object included in the second page which is different from the first page; and a display unit configured to display the first page on a screen based on a display area having been set by a user, wherein, if the determining unit determines that the layout of the first page is similar to the layout of the second page, the display unit displays the second page on the screen based on the set display area. | 03-05-2015 |
20150121204 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A VISUAL INDICATOR A DISPLAYED PAGE ENABLEMENT FOR GUIDED READING - A user interface method for dynamic guided reading. The method includes displaying a section of a document on a screen of the handheld device, and receiving an input from a user of the handheld device. The method further includes interpreting the input as an intention to read the section of the document, in response to the intention to read the section of the document, displaying a guided reading confirmation region on a section of the screen of the handheld device, and upon receiving a user input on the confirmation region, enabling guided reading on the handheld device. | 04-30-2015 |
20150317051 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When a user fast-forwards pages and there arises a necessity to display pages ahead of image data generating processing by a page image generating unit | 11-05-2015 |
20150370761 | DISPLAY LAYOUT EDITING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DYNAMIC REFLOW - A system and method for page layouts using dynamic reflow are disclosed. Embodiments of the system and method provide features that can allow the user of a small mobile device to be able to quickly and easily create and/or edit page layouts for digital scrapbooks. | 12-24-2015 |
20160034429 | PACED PAGE AUTOMATIC TURNS - A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. A processor is provided within the housing to display content pertaining to a first page state for an e-book, and to initiate a countdown timer based on a first timer value. Upon expiration of the countdown timer, the processor automatically transitions the displayed content to correspond with a second page state of the e-book. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034601 | OPTIMIZED RENDERING OF SHARED DOCUMENTS ON CLIENT DEVICES WITH DOCUMENT RASTER REPRESENTATIONS - Optimizing the rendering of a document stored on a collaboration server is disclosed. A request for the document is received from the client computer device. The document, which is defined by one or more sets of content data objects at least partially defining the visual appearance of the document, is transmitted to the client computer device in response to the request. The document also includes one or more supplemental document resource objects. One or more first sets of raster image data, each representative of a specific segment of the document, are transmitted to the client computer device. This is in response to the request, and based upon an evaluation of an identification of the client computer device included therein. | 02-04-2016 |
20160048482 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PARTITIONING AN ARTICLE INTO VARIOUS CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS - A method for automatically partitioning an article into various chapters and sections is provided and applicable for a digital article. Firstly, style combinations of a plurality of paragraphs of the digital article are recognized. Then, one or more paragraph features of the paragraphs having different style combinations are calculated. The paragraph feature may be the uniform distribution of paragraphs, the font size, the average number of words, the average paragraph spacing, or the combinations thereof. Hence, in accordance with each of the paragraph features, the style combinations are ranked. Then, a weighted average value is calculated according to the ranking of each the style combinations corresponding to the corresponding paragraph feature. And, paragraphs with weighted average values ranked in the first place are selected to be a plurality of candidate partition paragraphs. Lastly, the digital article is divided into a plurality of partitions according to the candidate partition paragraphs. | 02-18-2016 |
20160078005 | ADAPTIVE TABLE RENDERING - A system and method is disclosed for adaptive rendering of displayable elements such as rows in a table displayed on a web page. A web page is provided that includes instructions for displaying a large number of displayable elements that cannot be displayed at the same in a single viewport. A predetermined number of the elements are initially rendered and a time period for the rendering is measured. Based on the measured time period, a pagination mode or a scrolling mode is selected to display the displayable elements. | 03-17-2016 |
20160103799 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF PAGINATION - The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for monitoring and replaying user interactions with one or more interactive multi-page electronic documents. The methods generally include observing an event consisting of an interaction between a user and a first page of a first instance of an interactive electronic document, identifying a first pagination element in the page, recording data for the event, and using the recorded data to identify, in a second page of a second instance of the interactive electronic document, a second pagination element in the second page, and locating a third page of the second instance of the interactive electronic document based on the second pagination element. | 04-14-2016 |
20160132470 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAGINATION OF DISPLAY CONTENT - A method and system for repaginating content displayed on a display screen of a computing device when upon receiving indication of an object superposed on the content. The content comprises display of one page in a series of digitally constructed pages. The repaginated content is re-flowed or line-wrapped around an identified keep out boundary to counteract any obscuration of displayed content. The repagination forces reconstruction of a next one of the series of pages for display. | 05-12-2016 |
20160140088 | DETECTING DOCUMENT TYPE OF DOCUMENT - Detection of a document type of a document is provided. An application such as a document processing application analyzes a document to detect features of the document and pages of the document, based on an action selecting the document. The features include declarative and separative features. A type of the pages is detected based on the features. The type of the pages and values of the features of the document are aggregated to identify the document type of the document. | 05-19-2016 |
20160179765 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRANEOUS OBJECT NOTIFICATION VIA DIGITAL CONTENT REPAGINATION | 06-23-2016 |
20160188539 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPORTIONED CONTENT EXCERPTING INTERFACE AND OPERATION THEREOF - A method and system for excerpting apportioned content of an e-book with operation of an interface therefore. The method, executed in a processor of a computing device having a display screen, a memory storing instructions and an e-book having content displayable according to a sequence of digitally constructed pages, comprises receiving a selection at a first indicium representative of a first party attributed to a series of apportioned content portions within the e-book, ones of the series being interleaved with respective ones of a set of remainder content portions of the e-book content; excerpting the series of apportioned content portions attributable to the first party; repaginating the e-book based on the excerpted apportioned content portions; and displaying the excerpted content portions according to a first party representation via a sequence of digitally re-constructed pages of the repaginated e-book. | 06-30-2016 |
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20160378720 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF RENDERING PARAMETERS TO OPTIMIZE READING SPEED - A rendering optimizer captures content engagement feedback associated with a first interval during which electronic content is presented with a first set of rendering parameter values. The rendering optimizer adjusts at least one rendering parameter value of the first set of rendering parameter values by a step amount in a first direction to create a second set of rendering parameter values and captures content engagement feedback associated with a second interval during which the electronic content is presented with the second set of rendering parameter values. The rendering optimizer further adjusts the rendering parameter values to determine they result in an improvement in reading immersion. | 12-29-2016 |