Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090094324 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING LOCAL AND ONLINE DATA SERVICES - A system and method for processing content data for one or more reader devices at a server in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving, from one or more end-user devices, content data associated with one or more content resources via a first network, analyzing the content data using one or more online content analysis devices whereby analysis data is generated, formatting the content data using one or more online formatting devices based on the analysis data, and outputting, to the one or more the reader devices, formatted content data via a second network. | 04-09-2009 |
20090125413 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - A system for and method of electronic content distribution is disclosed. Such content may be electronic book content, newspaper content, magazine content, and other types of content. The system includes: a processor having logic configured for filtering electronic content to remove incorrect information. The electronic content is automatically gathered from one or more content sources external to the system. The system also includes logic for assembling electronic content in a manner indicative of a predetermined template, and distributing the assembled electronic content for transmission at a scheduled time. The system also includes a communication network having an active channel configured to transmit the assembled electronic content. The system also includes a media device configured to receive and display the assembled electronic content when the media device is communicatively coupled to the active channel. | 05-14-2009 |
20100070576 | Methods, Apparatus, and Systems for Providing Local and Online Data Services - A system and method for processing content data for one or more reader devices at a server in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving, from one or more end-user devices, content data associated with one or more content resources via a first network, analyzing the content data using one or more online content analysis devices whereby analysis data is generated, formatting the content data using one or more online formatting devices based on the analysis data, and outputting, to the one or more the reader devices, formatted content data via a second network. | 03-18-2010 |
20100312780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING PUBLICATION CONTENT TO READER DEVICES USING MIXED MODE TRANSMISSION - A system for and method of delivering publication content to one or more reader devices using mixed mode transmission is presented. The system and method may include segmenting, using a computing apparatus, the publication content into a plurality of publication content components. The system and method may also include generating, using a computing apparatus, master publication content that comprises a reference to each publication content component and indicates a structure of the publication content. The system and method may further include multi-casting, to the one or more reader devices, the master publication content and the plurality of publication content components via a network. | 12-09-2010 |
20100315326 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY WHITESPACE UTILIZATION - A system for and method for electronic paper display device content formatting is presented. The system and method may include receiving an electronic request to format electronic paper display device content at an a network accessible device, determining remaining available display space on a page view of a electronic paper display associated with an electronic paper display device, identifying additional electronic content for inclusion in the page view based at least in part on a comparison of one or more attributes of the additional electronic content with the determined remaining available display space, and adding the identified additional electronic content to the page view. | 12-16-2010 |
20100318888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUB-PUBLICATION CONTENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - 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. | 12-16-2010 |
20110072390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE CONTROL OF ZOOM ADJUSTMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION - A system and method for selective control of zoom adjustments in an electronic publication is disclosed. The method may include generating content for display on an electronic reading device; generating at least one style for the content, and storing the content and the at least one style on a computer readable medium. The generation of at least one style may include identifying at least a portion of the content for which at least one zoom level will be specified; specifying a base text size for the portion of the content; and specifying a first value to increment the base text size to a first zoom state text size. A method for rendering an electronic document on an electronic device may include storing content representing an electronic publication in a computer memory of the electronic device, the content including at least one style for a portion of the content, the at least one style including a base text size for the portion of the content and at least a first value to increment the base text size to a first zoom state text size; rendering the contents according to the at least one style; and incrementing the base text size for the portion of the content by the first value in response to a user input to zoom. | 03-24-2011 |
20110082724 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC READER DEVICE - A system for and method for placement of advertisement content at an electronic reader device is presented. The system and method comprise an acquisition module configured to receive via a network a plurality of first electronic content from a first source and a plurality of second electronic content from a second source, wherein the plurality of first electronic content includes a first electronic content map and the plurality of second electronic content includes a second electronic content map, a storage module configured to store the plurality of first electronic content and the plurality of second electronic content, a selection module configured to select at least some of the plurality of first electronic content and the plurality of second electronic content for presentation, and a presentation module configured to present the selected electronic content at the electronic reader device according to at least one of the first electronic content map and the second electronic content map. | 04-07-2011 |
20110082749 | System And Method For Template-Based Assembly Of Publications - A system, method, and computer readable medium for template-based assembly of an electronic publication are disclosed. The system may include a template provider that provides a template that specifies a markup for the electronic publication and having a plurality of content slots; a content provider that provides content; a publisher that formats the content according to the template and comprising a language processor that automatically traverses the template and applies the content to the content slots; and an electronic reading device that displays the formatted content. The method may include receiving at least one template from a template provider; traversing one of the template to identify a content slot; retrieving content for insertion into the identified content slot; applying a markup to a portion of the content; formatting the content by inserting the content into the identified content slot; and rendering the formatted content on an electronic reading device. | 04-07-2011 |
20110093788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZING CONTENT FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for personalizing content for a mobile device is provided. The system for personalizing content for a mobile device may comprise an acquisition module that may capture user identifiable content associated with the current user of the mobile device. The acquisition module may be coupled to the mobile device. The system may also comprise a storage module that may store personalized content associated with one or more users of the mobile device. The system may additionally comprise a selection module that may receive the user identifiable content. The selection module may also compare the user identifiable content to the personalized content. The selection module may further determine the current user of the mobile device based on the user identifiable content. The selection module may additionally retrieve the personalized content directly associated with the current user of the mobile device. | 04-21-2011 |
20110153741 | System and Method for Cost Effectively Distributing Electronic Content - A system and method for cost effectively distributing electronic content is provided. The system for cost effectively distributing electronic content may comprise an inquiry module that may query one or more broadcast communication networks for network specific information. The system may further comprise an analysis module that may determine a cost of distributing the electronic content to one or more electronic reader devices over one or more broadcast communication networks using at least the network specific information. The system may also comprise a selection module that may select the one or more broadcast communication networks for distributing the electronic content based on the cost. The system may additionally comprise a distribution module that may broadcast the electronic content for distribution to the one or more electronic reader devices over one or more selected broadcast communication networks. | 06-23-2011 |
20110173253 | Methods, Apparatus and Systems for Providing Local and Online Data Services - A system and method for processing content data for one or more reader devices at a server in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving, from one or more end-user devices, content data associated with one or more content resources via a first network, analyzing the content data using one or more online content analysis devices whereby analysis data is generated, formatting the content data using one or more online formatting devices based on the analysis data, and outputting, to the one or more the reader devices, formatted content data via a second network. | 07-14-2011 |
20110219294 | System And Method For Automatic Continuation Marks In An Electronic Publication - A system and method for automatic continuation marks in an electronic publication is disclosed. The method may include using a computer processor, identifying a first part of electronic content that can be rendered in an text box on a display of an electronic device; using the computer processor, calculating a position for a continuation marker to be displayed in the electronic content; using the computer processor, linking the continuation mark to a second part of the electronic content; and using the computer processor, automatically inserting the continuation mark in the electronic content following the first part of the electronic content. An electronic device that renders a electronic content is disclosed. may include a processor; a user interface; a display; and a memory comprising code that when executed by the processor performs the following: identify a first part of electronic content that can be rendered in a text box rendered on an electronic device; render a first part of the electronic content in the text box; render a continuation mark in the text box at the end of the first part of the electronic content; and hide a second part of the electronic content. | 09-08-2011 |
20110249903 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING NON-RECTANGULAR IMAGES IN ELECTRONIC CONTENT ON A READER DEVICE - A system for and method of displaying non-rectangular images in electronic content on an electronic device in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include identifying, using a template identification computing apparatus, an image shape template associated with a non-rectangular image that is part of electronic content to be displayed on the electronic device, determining, using a boundary region determination computing apparatus, a boundary region of the image shape template, placing, using an image placement computing apparatus, the non-rectangular image inside the boundary region of the image shape template and on the electronic content, flowing, using a text flow computing apparatus, text that is part of the electronic content outside and along the boundary region of the image shape template, and transmitting, using a communication computing apparatus, the electronic content along with the non-rectangular image to the electronic device via a network. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251837 | ELECTRONIC REFERENCE INTEGRATION WITH AN ELECTRONIC READER - A system for and method of electronic reference integration with an electronic reader is presented. The system and method may include providing an electronic reference on an electronic paper display device. The method may include receiving, on an electronic paper display device, a request for an electronic reference, the request being associated with electronic content of the electronic paper display device, determining a context of the request within the electronic content, identifying a language of the electronic content based on the context, identifying an electronic reference corresponding to the identified language, and providing the electronic paper display device with access to the identified electronic reference. | 10-13-2011 |
20130124972 | Electronic Content Management and Delivery Platform - An education digital reading platform provides aggregation, management, and distribution of digital education content and services. The platform ingests content from a variety of content sources, transforms the content for web-based publication, and distributes the content to connected end-user devices via a network. The transformed content preserves the original page structure of the content document regardless of the original format of the content file. As the user experiences the content, the user's web browser regularly communicates with the platform for updating reading content and connected services. User-generated content such as notes are uploaded to the platform so that the user's user-generated content can be accessed from any of the user's registered devices. Moreover, the platform enables the user-generated content and other user activities to be optionally shared among friends, classmates, campus, or other groups, as part of an education social platform. | 05-16-2013 |
20130139053 | Data Visualization Based on Visual Object Elements - An education digital reading platform provides a visualization interface displaying visual object elements of a document to a user. A visual object element may include images, videos, charts, tables, etc. The visual objects may be identified in a document by extracting metadata associated with the document. Additionally, the ideas or concepts represented by the visual object elements may be identified by analyzing the document, and content related to the ideas or concepts may be identified and associated with the visual object elements. The related content may include user generated content or content stored in one or more databases. The related content is provided to a user in the visualization interface wherein the user may access the related content. The interface allows a user to navigate a document by moving from one visual object element to another. | 05-30-2013 |
20130151300 | Time Based Data Visualization - An education digital reading platform collects time based user activity data and time based instruction data to generate time based views displaying a user's progress. User activity data includes any activity performed by a user on a web application displaying content from the education digital reading platform such as reading, taking notes, or answering questions. Time based instruction data includes a syllabus, due dates, and deadlines associated with a user's class. An interface system aggregates the user activity data from one or more users along with the instruction data to generate views of a user's progress. The views may be displayed, for example, as a timeline or a calendar. The views may enable a comparison between the activities of multiple users or a comparison of one or more user's activities to a syllabus. | 06-13-2013 |
20130171609 | Connecting Users in an Education Platform - An education digital reading platform suggests connections between users, wherein the users are represented as nodes in a social graph. The nodes may be identified from education materials and course registrations associated with a course and a user. The education digital reading platform also determines suggested connections between the nodes based on the education materials and the course registrations, wherein the suggested connections are based on a commonality between the nodes, such as being registered to a similar course, having the same major, etc. The determined suggested connections are provided to the users. If the users accept the suggested connections, communication and other services are enabled between the users. Such a method of connecting users may iterate when new users or information is added to the platform, such as when a student registers for a new course or a new syllabus is received. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173386 | Providing Advertisements in a Digital Reading Platform - Users of an education digital reading platform are provided with advertisements based on their user data. The offers are provided in a course material, such as a textbook, wherein the textbook is identified from a course syllabus. The course material is analyzed to identify ad regions wherein an advertisement may be placed, including embedded ad regions within a course material page and supplement ad regions around a course material page. In addition, predictive data suggesting a user activity in the future may be identified from a course syllabus and opportunistic data providing a current user activity may be used to select advertisements to display to the user. The selected advertisements are mapped to the embedded and supplement ad regions and sent to the user, wherein the selected advertisements are displayed to the user based on the mapping. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174010 | Document Conversion Correlation Engine - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system for correlating document pages. The system receives a source image of a document page and a rendered image of a markup language page converted from the document page. The system then performs a correlation analysis between the source image and the rendered image. Next, the system determines a correlation factor between the source image and the rendered image based on the correlation analysis, wherein the correlation factor indicates a page fidelity between the document page and the markup language page converted from the document page. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174011 | Automated Document Conversion Testing - Embodiments of the invention provide a system for automated document conversion testing. For each page in the received documents, the system first converts the page into a source image. The system then converts the document page into a set of markup language page elements and generates a rendered image of the markup language page elements displayed in a web browser on a target software platform. Next, the system determines a correlation factor between the source image and the rendered image. The correlation factor indicates a page fidelity between the original document and its markup language transformation. If the correlation factor exceeds a threshold established for a minimum page fidelity requirement, the markup language conversion is validated. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174016 | Cache Management in HTML eReading Application - Embodiments of the invention provide a system and a method for providing consistent user experience in eReading applications. The system extracts a set of attributes of browsers and platforms on which an eReading application is running The system receives a target eReading application performance. The system adjusts behavior of the eReading application to compensate for the difference between the extracted set of attributes and the target eReading application performance. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174017 | Document Content Reconstruction - A method, a storage medium and a system for document content reconstruction are provided in a digital content delivery and online education services platform to enable delivery of textbooks and other copyrighted material to multi-platform web browser applications. The method comprises ingesting a document page in an unstructured document format. The method further comprises extracting one or more images and metadata associated with the images and text and fonts associated with the texts from the document page. In addition, the method comprises coalescing text into paragraphs and creating a structured document page in a markup language format using the extracted images, text and fonts rendered with layout fidelity to the original ingested document page. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174033 | HTML5 Selector for Web Page Content Selection - An education digital reading platform provides HTML5 pages to a user's computing device to enable a browser executing on the user device to display it. Words, lines, paragraphs and columns on the page are identified to enable a user to easily select one or more words within the displayed page. Additionally, custom tools are provided to the user to enable the user to interface with the selected words. For example, a user is provided with customizable magnification and highlight tools, wherein the user can choose custom magnification levels and custom highlight colors. The tools advantageously enable a user perform such actions on the page without accessing the operating system resources on a computing device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174272 | Digital Content Distribution and Protection - Embodiments provide a system for content distribution and protection. The system first receives an order from a user for a protected document. In response to a successful user authentication, the system generates an access code for the user to access the protected document. In response to a received user reading request, the system validates the access code for a reading session. The system then transfers a set of URLs for accessing a set of pages and associated metadata in the protected document to the user. The set of URLs are valid for a period of time. Responsive to a request for reading a next set of pages, the system again validates the access code for the session and transfers another set of URLs for accessing the next set of pages. The system also logs user activities related to the protected document. | 07-04-2013 |
20130305143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING NON-RECTANGLUAR IMAGES IN ELECTRONIC CONTENT ON A READER DEVICE - A system for and method of displaying non-rectangular images in electronic content on an electronic device in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include identifying, using a template identification computing apparatus, an image shape template associated with a non-rectangular image that is part of electronic content to be displayed on the electronic device, determining, using a boundary region determination computing apparatus, a boundary region of the image shape template, placing, using an image placement computing apparatus, the non-rectangular image inside the boundary region of the image shape template and on the electronic content, flowing, using a text flow computing apparatus, text that is part of the electronic content outside and along the boundary region of the image shape template, and transmitting, using a communication computing apparatus, the electronic content along with the non-rectangular image to the electronic device via a network. | 11-14-2013 |
20140012685 | Characterization of Layered Documents in HTML5 Publishing - An education digital reading platform provides pages of a document requested by a user, the pages including additional content layers associated with the requested content. The additional content layers including related content, user generated content, advertisement content and other services content offered by the digital reading platform. The requested content and additional content layers require processing capability on a web browser application. The amount of data associated with a page of a document may vary dramatically especially considering the additional layers of content associated with the pages. In order to permit the web browser application anticipate the processing needs associated with each page, the digital reading platform provides markers indicating a difference in processing requirements associated between two pages of a document. The markers enable the web browser request additional resources to provide a seamless user experience or enable the web browser application to request additional or fewer content layers. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019438 | Indexing Electronic Notes - A digital publishing platform enables users to create and organize notes associated with electronic, published documents. Sets of notes, each associated with a document, are uploaded to the publishing platform by notepad applications executing on user devices. Each set of notes has one or more notes, and each note includes a link to a location in the associated document. The publishing platform is configured to index sets of notes based on keywords of the notes, which may be identified based on content of the publication at the location with which notes are associated. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019562 | SHARING USER-GENERATED NOTES - A method for sharing notes created in a multilayered document among users of a social network within a digital education platform is provided. In one embodiment, the digital education platform allows a user to create notes linked to a particular location in the document using a notepad application. Notes are aggregated and stored in the user's personal library on the digital education platform. When a user requests to share another user's notes and is granted access, the digital education platform retrieves the other user's notes and inserts the shared notes into the requesting user's existing notes associated with the document, based on their individual sharing attributes and metadata. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019846 | NOTES AGGREGATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS - A digital publishing platform enables users to create and organize notes associated with electronic, published documents. Sets of notes, each associated with a document, are uploaded to the publishing platform by notepad applications executing on user devices. Each set of notes has one or more notes, and each note includes a link to a location in the associated document. The publishing platform is configured to aggregate a plurality of sets of notes, combining the notes of the sets into a single set while maintaining their link to an associated document. | 01-16-2014 |
20140020115 | Social Sharing of Multilayered Document - A method for sharing multilayered electronic content among users of a social network within a digital education platform is provided. In one embodiment, the digital education platform allows a user to create user-generated content associated with a multilayered document and share the content with other users in an education social network. The user can specify which users to share the user-generated content and assign an access right to each of those users that may access the user-generated content. When the digital education platform receives a request to access the user-generated content from a certain user, an access right associated with that user for the user-generated content is determined and access is granted according to the access right. | 01-16-2014 |
20140033226 | Application Gateway in a Browser Based Environment - An application gateway enables controlled communication between application components within a browser based environment while maintaining a level of isolation of the individual application components. A dispatching API wrapper and a listening API wrapper are registered for each of a plurality of application components. The registered API wrappers are used to send and receive communications from the associated application components. For example, a first application component can dispatch an action to a second application component via the first application component's dispatching API wrapper. The second application component can receive the action via the second application component's listening API wrapper. As another example, a first application component can dispatch an event that broadcasts a state to other application components via the first application component's dispatching API wrapper. A listening API wrapper of at least one other application component receives the state and may perform other functions dependent on the state. | 01-30-2014 |
20140047320 | Layered Content Document Distribution in Multiscreen Systems - An educational digital publication platform coordinates distribution of multilayered content documents to multiple devices of a user. The platform ingests content and transforms it into a form suitable for web-based publication in the form of a multilayered document while preserving page fidelity. EReading browser applications executing on user devices render layers of the multilayered content into a form readable by end users. The publishing platform authenticates or denies requests to access content on each device and manages distribution of the content to the browser applications executing on authenticated devices, thereby effectively connecting multiple devices of the same user. As the end user interacts with the content, activities are logged by the platform and reported to all the user's connected devices in order to synchronize delivery of content and services. | 02-13-2014 |
20140068408 | PRESENTATION OF LAYERED CONTENT DOCUMENTS IN MULTISCREEN SYSTEMS - A publishing platform manages distribution of a multilayered document to a plurality of user devices communicatively coupled to the platform. Each device executes an eReader browser application, which renders the document into a format suitable for a user to read and interact with the content. Each layer of the document has unique characteristics relating to its file size, spatial dimensions, update frequency, or interactivity, and the unique attributes of each device affect the system resources available to the eReading application executing on the device. Based on the characteristics of each layer and the attributes of the devices, the publishing platform recommends a set of layers of the document most suited for each device. The platform may automatically distribute layers to each connected device, or it may deliver the recommendation to the user and distribute layers responsive to a user input. | 03-06-2014 |
20140156255 | ENHANCING AUTOMATED TERMS LISTINGS IN HTML DOCUMENT PUBLISHING BASED ON USER SEARCHES - A terms listing production system generates a terms listing associated with an electronic document. Primary terms and primary definitions may be extracted from a glossary associated with the electronic document. Secondary terms may be identified based on user searches in relation to the electronic document. Secondary definitions associated with primary terms or secondary terms may be retrieved from external content and stored in connection with the associated terms. A markup language document configured for presentation to users is generated based on the stored terms and definitions. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156590 | PRODUCING AUTOMATED TERMS LISTINGS IN HTML DOCUMENT PUBLISHING WITH ENHANCED TERMS DEFINITIONS - A terms listing production system generates a terms listing associated with an electronic document. Primary terms and primary definitions may be extracted from a glossary associated with the electronic document. Secondary terms may be identified based on user searches in relation to the electronic document. Secondary definitions associated with primary terms or secondary terms may be retrieved from external content and stored in connection with the associated terms. A markup language document configured for presentation to users is generated based on the stored terms and definitions. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157120 | Automated Testing Materials in Electronic Document Publishing - A testing materials production system generates a testing document associated with an electronic foundation document. The testing materials production system automatically generates the testing document by populating regions of a template with testing elements extracted from the electronic document. User customizations of the testing document are received, and the testing document is published to an extended catalog database associated with the electronic document. Regions of the testing document may be delivered in association with the electronic document to designated recipients via browser applications executing on computing devices of the recipients. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157371 | Authenticated Access to Accredited Testing Services - A service control system controls access to secured online testing services, such as accredited or standardized tests, examinations in educational courses, tutoring services, and continuing professional development courses or seminars. The secured services may be published by an educational publishing platform and made available to users through online configured browser applications executing on the users' devices. Based on access conditions associated with a secured testing service and the capturing and processing of one or more images, the service control system determines how users are authorized to access the services. When users have been authorized to access a service or a subset of the service, the service may be distributed through the browser applications executing on the users' devices. | 06-05-2014 |
20140272859 | Mobile Application for Multilevel Document Navigation - Embodiments provide a user-friendly mobile interface for presenting multistep exercises of a dynamic exercise layer in a multilayered textbook within a digital education platform. The mobile interface comprises a variety of elements facilitating navigating, commenting, rating and interacting with the multistep exercises. A first interface element of a picker tab allows users to navigate the plurality of exercises and make selections. Once an exercise is selected from the picker tab, the mobile interface displays the exercise in a second interface element of a window, by showing one or more cascading steps of the selected exercise. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281903 | Augmented Reading Systems - An augmented reading system distributes electronic content related to paper documents. A user reading a paper document captures an image of a page of the paper document via a computing device communicatively coupled to the augmented reading system. The augmented reading system receives the image and correlates the image to electronic documents to identify the paper document. The augmented reading system may perform an image-based comparison or a character-based comparison to correlate the image with electronic documents. Additional electronic content related to the identified document is retrieved and delivered to the computing device of the user. Accordingly, the augmented reading system provides a bridge between paper documents and digital content and services. | 09-18-2014 |
20140344170 | Publishing Personalized Documents on a Secondary Market - Embodiments provide a method and system to publish personalized documents to a secondary market within a digital publishing platform. The personalized document includes multiple layers of content from a foundation document and user-generated content. License conditions for the personalized document are bounded by the license for the foundation document and further limited by the user-specified license for the user-generated content. Once the personalized document is published, other users may order and access it based on the license properties of the personalized document. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344676 | System and Method for Selective Control of Zoom Adjustments in an Electronic Publication - A system and method for selective control of zoom adjustments in an electronic publication is disclosed. The method may include generating content for display on an electronic reading device; generating at least one style for the content, and storing the content and the at least one style on a computer readable medium. The generation of at least one style may include identifying at least a portion of the content for which at least one zoom level will be specified; specifying a base text size for the portion of the content; and specifying a first value to increment the base text size to a first zoom state text size. A method for rendering an electronic document on an electronic device may include storing content representing an electronic publication in a computer memory of the electronic device, the content including at least one style for a portion of the content, the at least one style including a base text size for the portion of the content and at least a first value to increment the base text size to a first zoom state text size; rendering the contents according to the at least one style; and incrementing the base text size for the portion of the content by the first value in response to a user input to zoom. | 11-20-2014 |
20150056596 | Automated Course Deconstruction into Learning Units in Digital Education Platforms - An educational course is automatically deconstructed into discrete learning units. Content related to the course that has been stored by an integrated education platform is analyzed, and distinct concepts are extracted from the content. In addition, the learning activities in which users engage while accessing integrated learning services from the platform are recorded. These activities can generally be divided into passive, active, and recall activities. By deconstructing educational courses into individual concepts, a general model of learning is then applied that connects concepts to the activities undertaken by students to learn those concepts. As a result, a model of learning is developed where courses are atomized into individual learning units, each of which comprises a concept and at least one learning activity. The learning units then can be delivered independently or aggregated as desired. | 02-26-2015 |