E-Book Reader with Enhanced Search Features

摘要

An e-book reader. The e-book reader can have a touch screen, the touch screen being an electronic paper display having a contrast ratio greater than 7:1. The e-book reader can weigh between 100 and 300 grams and have internal memory for storing a source file of an electronic work, the source file being stored in the memory in AZW format. The electronic work can be a work of fiction having a storyline and further include searchable information relevant to a person, a place, or a thing in the work of fiction and provide the information after a human reader touches the touch screen at a location displaying the person, the place, or the thing. The information can remind the human reader of the person's, the place's or the thing's relationship to the storyline.

主权项

1. An e-book reader, the e-book reader comprising a touch screen display, the touch screen display being an electronic paper display having a contrast ratio greater than 7:1 and a viewing angle up to 180 degrees, the e-book reader having dimensions of between 100 mm and 140 mm wide and between 140 mm and 225 mm long, and between 8 mm and 16 mm thick, the e-book reader weighing between 100 grams and 300 grams, the e-book reader having stored in memory executable instructions and a source file of an electronic work, the source file being stored in the memory in a format selected from the group consisting of AZW, TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, and PRC, the electronic work being a work of fiction involving a plurality of characters, the executable instructions executing a search feature for a human reader to find context-relevant information from within the work of fiction, the context-relevant information being related to at least one of the plurality of characters, the context-relevant information reminding the reader of the at least one of the plurality of characters' relationship to other characters and events in the work of fiction, the context-relevant information being displayed upon a human reader touching a name of the at least one of the plurality of characters on the touch screen.