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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Samuel Ytzhak Donnelley, Auburn, WA (US);
Sarah Elizabeth Funk, Seattle, WA (US);
Emily Jean Staskowski, Carnation, WA (US);
Christy Elizabeth Caldwell, Seattle, WA (US);
Adrienne Anastasia Lombardo, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory William Long, Kirkland, WA (US);
Lan Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Julie Lynne Teodorescu-Badia, Redmond, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Provided are systems and methods for progressively providing content of an electronic book (e-book) to members of a book reading group. An example method includes: determining a group associated with content, wherein determining the group comprises determining a first user profile and a second user profile, determining a first stop-read position comprising a first position in the content, sending, to a first user device associated with the first user profile, an indication of the first stop-read position, determining that the first user device has displayed at least a threshold amount of a first portion of the content, determining a second stop-read position comprising a second position in the content, and sending, to the first user device, an indication of the second stop-read position.