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Patent No.:

US 9311288 B1

PDFFull Text
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Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2011

Electronic book reader

Applicants:

Samuel John Thorne, London, GB;

Henry Newton-dunn, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Aleix Ingles Elias, London, GB;

Satoshi Araki, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Samuel John Thorne, London, GB;

Henry Newton-Dunn, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Aleix Ingles Elias, London, GB;

Satoshi Araki, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Mohamed Barakat

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/241 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 15/0291 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 17/211 (2013.01); G06F 17/212 (2013.01); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G09G 2380/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data processing system comprises a plurality of electronic book reader devices, each of the electronic book reader devices having a display and being connectable to a wireless network of electronic book reader devices, in which: a first electronic book reader device of the plurality comprises a data transmitter configured to send, via the wireless network, reading position data defining: a current book data file being displayed by that electronic book reader device, and a current display position within that book data file; and at least a second, different, electronic book reader device of the plurality comprises a data receiver configured to receive, via the wireless network, the reading position data sent by the first electronic book reader device, and a display controller configured to control the second electronic book reader device to display at least an indication of the current book data file and the current display position of the first electronic book reader device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thorne, Samuel. (2016). Electronic book reader (U.S. Patent No. 9311288). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9311288

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