ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT DELIVERY, DISPLAY, UPDATING AND INTERACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

System and methods for actively updating, revising, and supplementing content of an electronic document, such as a book. A book-like interface with active regions and page links may be utilized. In one example, a method of modifying a remote electronic document in an electronic file with updated information from an active document server or remote service involving connecting an active document reader which resides on a computing device having the electronic file and active document reader to the active document server via a network; identifying one or more subsets of the information in the document file package to be updated; providing via the network a set of updated information for the one or more subsets; and replacing the one or more subsets with the updated information without replacing the entire electronic file.