Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1998-05-28
2000-11-28
Sax, Steven
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
345329, 345348, G06F 1300
Patent
active
061542148
ABSTRACT:
An electronic reading system is disclosed which allows users to download books and other types of content to a hand-held reader device for viewing. Using software which runs on a personal computer (PC), the user can download titles from Internet sites to the PC. Titles are then automatically transferred to the device when the device is placed in a cradle which is connected to the PC. Using the device's touch-sensitive display and graphical user interface, the user can access various software-implemented features associated with the display and management of the content. One feature is a user-definable hotkey that can be "dragged and dropped" onto a menu item to create a shortcut to that item. Another feature allows the user to tap twice on a displayed word to cause the device to look the word up in a pre-specified or default reference title, such as a dictionary or an encyclopedia. Another feature allows the user to block a passage on the touch-sensitive display and then specify one or more destinations (email addresses, file folders, fax numbers, printers, etc.) for routing the passage; when the device is subsequently placed in the cradle, the passage is automatically retrieved by the PC and routed to the specified destination(s). The device also implements a user interface feature for allowing the user to rapidly and conveniently adjust the orientation of the displayed title.
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Eberhard Martin F.
Tarpenning Marc E.
Uyehara Lance
Nuvomedia, Inc.
Sax Steven
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