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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Diego Puppin, Arlington, MA (US);
Diego Puppin, Arlington, MA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Reading data for an eBook are used to generate interest information for the eBook. Timing reports are received from a plurality of clients used by a plurality of users to read the eBook. The timing reports describe behaviors of the users with respect to sections of the eBook. For example, the behaviors may include reading time intervals for sections of the eBook. The timing reports are analyzed to generate interest information for the eBook. The interest information indicates relative interest in the sections of the eBook expressed by the users. The interest information may indicate which pages of eBooks are attracting the most attention from users or which pages are being read at a speed indicating interest. The generated interest information for the eBook is stored.