Inkling Systems, Inc.

Joshua John Forman

Robert Cromwell

Peter Sungil Cho

Anne K Halsall

Kenneth Lorenz Knowles

Charles M MacInnis

Scott William Kyle

Aaron Haney

Kevin Ballard

Arthur Kopatsy

Robert Benjamin Scott

Jonathan Wight

Chatree Campiranon

Nolan Shea Myers

Bradley Neuberg

Bradford Vogel

Huan Zhao

Kerryck Jones

Olof Alexander Mathé

Thomas Charles Genoni

Jessica Summer Jenkins

Christopher William Hunt

Eric Todd Lovett

Ned Todd Birdwell Rockson

Emily Ann Short

Andrew C Hoyer

Joyce Myra Croft

Avi Itskovich

Kerryck Arthur Clemens Jones

William Schwarzenbach

Aaron Eliezer Golden

Marie Dalby Szuts

A system and method of social interaction includes receiving interaction information for an interaction created by a first user of an electronic content work, the interaction information comprising an identification number of a portion of the electronic content work associated with the interaction. The system and method includes storing the received interaction information. The system and method also includes receiving a request from a second user requesting interaction information for a requested portion of the electronic content work. The system and method also includes sending the received interaction information in response to determining that the identification number associated with the received interaction information matches the identification in the request for interaction information.

Object oriented interactions

A system for the management of content creation includes a content management component configured to store portions of an electronic content work and to implement version control of the electronic content work; a defect tracking component configured to store a defect record related to a stored portion of the electronic content work; a publication pipeline component configured to format the electronic content work for publication; and an integration component configured to present a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored portions of the electronic content work, editing the defect record, and instructing the publication pipeline component to format the electronic content work for publication.

Workflow system and method for creating, distributing and publishing content

Systems and methods for creating, editing and publishing cross-platform interactive digital content works include a content management component configured to store portions of a digital content work and to implement version control of the digital content work; a defect tracking component configured to store a defect record related to a stored portion of the digital content work; a publication pipeline component configured to format the digital content work for publication; and a integration component configured to present a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored portions of the digital content work, editing the defect record, and instructing the publication pipeline to format the digital content work for publication.

Systems and methods for creating, editing and publishing cross-platform interactive electronic works

Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods and machine readable media for the management of content creation. In some examples the system includes a content management component configured to store portions of an electronic content work and to implement version control of the electronic content work; a defect tracking component configured to store a defect record related to a stored portion of the electronic content work; a publication pipeline component configured to format the electronic content work for publication; and a integration component configured to present a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored portions of the electronic content work, editing the defect record, and instructing the publication pipeline to format the electronic content work for publication.

A system and method of social interaction includes receiving interaction information for an interaction created by a first user of an electronic content work, the interaction information comprising an identification number of a portion of the electronic content work associated with the interaction. The system and method includes storing the received interaction information. The system and method also includes receiving a request from a second user requesting interaction information for a requested portion of the electronic content work. the system and method also includes sending the received interaction information in response to determining that the identification number associated with the received interaction information matches the identification in the request for interaction information.

Systems and methods for exporting and automatically converting files that make up a digital content work from a first proprietary format to a second format, the second format being a format compatible with an open standards format. Such automatic conversion includes parsing a designated table of contents metadata file to build a list of the files referenced therein. For one or more respective files identified from the table of contents metadata file, each respective file is converted to an HTML5 file, from which a set of EPUB (or other open standards format) -compatible metadata files are created. The EPUB files include a manifest and a spine, which, together with the HTML5 files, are collectively packaged in an EPUB (or other open standards format) container file for distribution.

Methods and systems for exporting and converting proprietary format files comprising a digital content work to open standard format compatible files

Disclosed in some examples is a system for electronic learning support, the system having a content-ingestion module to generate a. digital specification in a first language from a set of input parameters for one or more of a plurality of digital templates, the digital specification including instructions which when executed by an execution environment of an electronic reading device, cause the electronic reading device to present one or more interactive content presentation objects and one or more interactive assessment objects, the execution environment being one of a plurality of execution environments, each execution environment being specific to one of a plurality of heterogeneous electronic reading devices; a digital specification delivery module executed by the one or more processors to transmit the digital specification to the electronic reading device; and an interaction module to: receive content interaction data corresponding to user interactions with the interactive content presentation objects from the execution environment and to send at least a subset of the content interaction data to at least one other electronic reading device, and to receive assessment data corresponding to user interactions with the interactive assessment objects from the execution environment.

System and methods for cross platform interactive electronic books

Disclosed is a method for presenting an interactive media presentation, the method including presenting media section descriptions with a selectable time code and a description; presenting a media controller and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points; upon playing a media item, advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item and featuring the media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item.

Media outline

A method for use with an electronic reading device comprising automatically fetching electronic media content and automatically and dynamically sequencing portions of the electronic media content for display on an electronic reading device. Optionally, the electronic media content can be automatically and dynamically divided into the portions that are then sequenced. Optionally, the electronic media content can be re-sequenced to reflect user preferences and needs. Various methods for recognizing and altering the display of the electronic reading device quickly and efficiently are disclosed.

Methods for automatically retrieving electronic media content items from a server based upon a reading list and facilitating presentation of media objects of the electronic media content items in sequences not constrained by an original order thereof

Methods and systems for facilitating limited access to paid-access or registration-required content items. In one example, a server responds to a request for access to a restricted access content item (e.g., from a Web browser) by first determining whether a user associated with the request is already authorized to access the content item. If the user is so authorized, the user is allowed access to the content item. If the user is not already authorized, the server provides the user a limited preview of the content item. The limited preview is subject to preview rules associated with one or more of: a referral path by which the user (i.e., the browser) was directed to the content item, the content item itself, and previous accesses or access attempts by the user to the content item and other content items, access to which other content items is controlled by the server.

Methods and systems for facilitating limited access to paid-access or registration-required content items via search engine results, direct web addressing or indirect linking

Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for creating and presenting an outline view, the outline view including a first user navigable graphical panel, the first panel displaying first organizational elements corresponding to a first outline level of an electronic content work; a second user navigable graphical panel, the second panel displaying one or more child organizational elements of a selected first organizational element, the child organizational elements corresponding to a second outline level of the electronic content work; and one or more content previews of content within the electronic content work in the first or second panel, the content previews corresponding to the first or second outline levels of the electronic content work, respectively.

Outline view

In one embodiment, a user of a first portable digital computing device creates an annotation associated with a particular reading location within a reference document. The annotation and the reading location are shared with a second portable digital computing device storing a copy of the reference document. Using the shared information, the second device displays the reference document with the annotation shown at the reading location.

Systems for sharing annotations and location references for same for displaying the annotations in context with an electronic document

A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for updating content are presented. A first version of content residing on a user device is determined, and a second version of content relating to the first version of content is determined. Version information for each file within a second set of files organized within a second archive of the second version of content is sequentially accessed based on a second order of the second set of files in the second archive, the version information indicating a version of each file. A determination is made of when version information indicating a newer version of content has been accessed from the second archive, and new content associated with the newer version is provided to the user device.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Joshua John Forman