Electronic book having highlighting feature

An electronic book (118) includes a book-shaped housing having a first housing member (102) pivotably connected to a second housing member (104) to open and close in a book-like manner. A touchscreen (130) displays a page of the text represented by the machine-readable data. A user-initiated event s...

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Main Authors JEFFREY VAN MYERS, SHRIRANG NIKANTH JAMBHEKAR, JAMES R. HUFFMAN, RONALD D. CRUICKSHANK, RUSSELL L. COLLINS
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.07.1997
Edition6
Subjects
ADVERTISING
APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
CRYPTOGRAPHY
DIAGRAMS
DISPLAY
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
GLOBES
PHYSICS
PLANETARIA
SEALS
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Summary:An electronic book (118) includes a book-shaped housing having a first housing member (102) pivotably connected to a second housing member (104) to open and close in a book-like manner. A touchscreen (130) displays a page of the text represented by the machine-readable data. A user-initiated event selecting a portion of the text is received by the touchscreen (130). The touchscreen (130) displays the portion of the text in a highlighted form. The processor (152) stores an indicator of the portion of the text to be highlighted in the removable machine-readable storage medium (136) to remain with the text when the removable machine-readable storage medium (136) is removed from the electronic book (118).
Bibliography:Application Number: AU1286097