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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2011
Manisha Gupta, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Balamurugan Natarajan, Coimbatore, IN;
Peter Joseph, Kerala, IN;
Soumya Tiwari, Chattisgarh, IN;
James Y. Hwang, Dallas, TX (US);
Ashish Phutela, Haryana, IN;
Manidipa Bhattacharyya, Assam, IN;
Manisha Gupta, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Raju T. Ramakrishnan, Bangalore, IN;
Balamurugan Natarajan, Coimbatore, IN;
Peter Joseph, Kerala, IN;
Soumya Tiwari, Chattisgarh, IN;
James Y. Hwang, Dallas, TX (US);
Ashish Phutela, Haryana, IN;
Manidipa Bhattacharyya, Assam, IN;
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Exemplary methods and systems for managing an e-reader interface are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes an e-reader interface management system directing an e-reader device to display a plurality of graphical objects representative of a plurality of segments of an e-publication and arranged in a plurality of overlapping rows, detecting that a user has accessed a particular segment within the plurality of segments and represented by a particular graphical object within the plurality of graphical objects, and dynamically altering at least one display attribute associated with the particular graphical object to indicate that the particular segment has been accessed by the user. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.