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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte, Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Russell Speight VanBlon, Raleigh, NC (US);
James Anthony Hunt, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Scott Wentao Li, Cary, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) PTE LTD, New Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
For supplementing digital text with multimedia effects, systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code includes code that determines a current reading position, determines a narrative context based on the current reading position, selects a multimedia effect based on the narrative context, and presents the multimedia effect to a user. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an image sensor that receives image data and determines the current reading position based on the image data. In other embodiments, the apparatus may determine the current reading position based on biometric position data.