IDENTIFIABLE TABBING FOR BOOKMARKS IN ELECTRONIC BOOKS

摘要

Methods and apparatus for tabbing electronic documents such as e-books allows users to associate selected content in an electronic document with tabs that can be displayed and organized in a versatile manner, including grouping tabs with different colors, each color corresponding to a different category, e.g., a different character in a story, selecting some colors to display, selecting display of tabs added by other readers, adding metadata to each tab indicating selected content, highlighting selected content, and/or condensing the electronic document to include only content associated with selected tabs.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for managing supplementary information associated with an electronically stored document comprising the steps of:
receiving a request to associate a selected portion of the document with supplementary information; associating the selected portion of the document with the supplementary information; and displaying a representation of the supplementary information, wherein the supplementary information includes at least one of a color, a user identity, a content location, and an additional information.