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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Aaron James Monson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Gregory Hitchcock, Woodinville, WA (US);
Kevin Larson, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Matthew McKaughan, Seattle, WA (US);
Mohammadreza Jooyandeh, Vancouver, CA;
Alexandre Pereira, Vancouver, CA;
Jeffrey Scott Petty, Seattle, WA (US);
Pelle Haukali Nielsen, Vancouver, CA;
Sebastian Michael Greaves, London, GB;
Valentin Dobre, Vancouver, CA;
Mark Frank Flores, Vancouver, CA;
Dominik Messinger, Vancouver, CA;
Michael Tholfsen, Newcastle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Electronic reading devices provide readers with text on a display, and enhancements to their functionality and efficiency are discussed herein. Text is provided to the reader in an enhanced contrast mode that highlights the active word and line of the text as well as words of interest in the text so as to improve the functionality of the electronic reading device itself as a provider of textual content.