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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Rakuten Kobo Inc., Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Sarah Flawn, Toronto, CA;
Benjamin Landau, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Rakuten Kobo Inc., Toronto, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06K 9/0061 (2013.01); G06K 9/00617 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of synchronizing multi-sensory enhancement with e-reading content is provided. The method includes tracking eye movement of a user of an e-reader, providing a customizable multi-sensory indicator embedded within a portion of a story presented on the e-reader and responsive to the eye movement of the user being correlated with the customizable multi-sensory indicator, providing a user customized multi-sensory enhancement which is associated with the portion of the story presented on the e-reader.