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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Enrica Alberti, Rome, IT;
Gianluca Mariani, Rome, IT;
Riccardo Rossi, Rome, IT;
Antonio Secomandi, Milan, IT;
Michele Tomassi, Rome, IT;
Viviana Tripodi, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Coporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20024 (2013.01); G06T 2210/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, an eBook, and an apparatus. The method includes calculating, by a processor, a usage metric describing a timing at which an eBook has been displayed for viewing by a user. The method further includes selectively deteriorating, by the processor, a look of the eBook for a secondary market based on the usage metric of the eBook.