Amazon Technologies, Inc.

James C Slezak

John Lattyak

Robert Lovejoy Goodwin

Richard Moore

Michael V Rykov

Girish Bansilal Bajaj

Kevin R Cheung

Aviram Zagorie

Thomas M J Fruchterman

Beryl Tomay

Kenneth Paul Kiraly

Gregg Elliott Zehr

Thomas A Ryan

Jeffrey P Bezos

Ian W Freed

Amit D Agarwal

Steven Kessel

Howard Wolfish

Guy A Story, Jr

Jon Saxton

Subram (Narsi) Narasimhan

Nanyan Nicholls

Nanyan Li

Ryan Justin Snodgrass

Guy Ashley Story, Jr

Subram Narasimhan

Felix F Antony

Matthew E Goldberg

Brent Eric Wood

Jeremie Leproust

Guillaume Jeulin

Girish Bajaj

Tim Tan

Thomas M Fruchterman

Neil C Roseman

Xiaotian Guo

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to the sharing of synchronization information corresponding to content among devices in a communication network. An originating device collects synchronization information related to the presentation of content to a user via the originating device. The synchronization information is defined according to reference points related to the presentation of the content to the user via the originating device, including a current state of the presentation of the content and/or additional information obtained during the presentation of the content. Based on detection of a synchronization event, the originating device transmits the collected synchronization information, resulting in the receipt of the synchronization information by one or more receiving devices. Thereafter, the presentation of the content to the user on one of the receiving devices can incorporate the synchronization information collected and transmitted by the originating device.

Synchronization of digital content

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. The item-providing system uses a content delivery module to deliver the items to the user device.

Delivery of items for consumption by a user device

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system and the user device include functionality for providing upgrade-related items to the user device in a transparent manner. The item-providing system and the user device also include testing functionality.

Administrative tasks in a media consumption system

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system delivers user-supplied items to the user device based on a protocol.

Providing user-supplied items to a user device

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system includes reliable fulfillment functionality for ensuring that the user device receives items in a reliable manner. The item-providing system includes other provisions to facilitate selecting items in various contexts.

Selecting and providing items in a media consumption system

An electronic book distribution system encrypts distributed electronic books ('eBooks') with a content key. The content key is in turn encrypted with a voucher key. The voucher key for a particular eBook is generated based on a combination of (a) an ID or serial number of an eBook reader device to which the eBook is being distributed, (b) a user account secret associated with a user of the eBook reader device, and (c) metadata associated with the eBook itself.

Ebook encryption using variable keys

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system may send a notification message to the user device to notify the user device to wake up and perform one or more actions. The item-providing system may provide scheduling functionality for determining the timing at which to send the notification message.

Notification of a user device to perform an action

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device. In one illustrative case, the item-providing system may provide items to the user device in incremental form or in full form. The item-providing system and user device implement a protocol for determining whether the content should be delivered in incremental form or full form.

Incremental updates of items

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