Abstract: A method and system for providing an expression randomizer for selected portions of e-book content rendered on a device display screen, with an interface therefore. The method, executed in a processor of the device, comprises receiving, at the touch screen display, a selection of an expression within the content of e-book, the expression comprising a plurality of characters; generating a randomized version of plurality of characters of the expression; receiving an action, at the touch screen display, to create a re-arranged version from the randomized version by re-arranging a sequence at least one character within the randomized version; and presenting the selected expression and the re-arranged version within a digitally repaginated content page of the e-book at the touch screen display.

Abstract: A method for queued e-reading screen saver is provided. The method for queued e-reading screen saver includes determining a computing device is in a sleep mode, providing a screen saver image to display on the computing device during the sleep mode, accessing a content queue associated with a user and augmenting the screen saver image with content from the content queue.

Abstract: A method and system for excerpting apportioned content of an e-book with operation of an interface therefore. The method, executed in a processor of a computing device having a display screen, a memory storing instructions and an e-book having content displayable according to a sequence of digitally constructed pages, comprises receiving a selection at a first indicium representative of a first party attributed to a series of apportioned content portions within the e-book, ones of the series being interleaved with respective ones of a set of remainder content portions of the e-book content; excerpting the series of apportioned content portions attributable to the first party; repaginating the e-book based on the excerpted apportioned content portions; and displaying the excerpted content portions according to a first party representation via a sequence of digitally re-constructed pages of the repaginated e-book.

Abstract: A method executed in a processor of a computing device for redacting content is provided. The method includes receiving a request for content redaction at a current page being displayed, the current page having a first text portion and a second text portion, reconstructing the current page by redacting at least a part of the first text portion while displaying the second text and in response to user input indicating a request to show redacted content, displaying at least a part of the redacted first text portion.

Abstract: A method and system for notifying an observer of the presence of one or more extraneous objects on a touchscreen display of a mobile computing device, in a manner allowing precise droplet removal. In a mobile computing device having display screen including touch sensors, where the processor is capable of inferring a presence of an extraneous object on the display screen based on an interaction with the touch sensors, the method comprises: determining a spatial area around an interaction in response to an inference that an extraneous object is present on the display screen; rendering a perimeter of the spatial area; identifying an obstructed text portion of displayed e-book content encompassed by the perimeter; and repaginating the displayed page in response to displaying the obstructed text portion outside of the perimeter.

Abstract: A method and system for navigating e-book content (e-reading) via a start-reading interface on a computer device having a touchscreen display. The method comprises accessing an e-book stored in the memory, the e-book having digitally constructed pages arranged in an ordered sequence of a cover page, a cluster of precursor pages and a set of substantive-content pages; receiving a page transition event at the cover page displayed on the display screen; and in response to the page transition event, transitioning past the cluster of precursor pages to display a first page of the set of substantive-content pages in replacement of the cover page at the display screen.

Abstract: A method of synchronizing multi-sensory enhancement with e-reading content is provided. The method includes tracking eye movement of a user of an e-reader, providing a customizable multi-sensory indicator embedded within a portion of a story presented on the e-reader and responsive to the eye movement of the user being correlated with the customizable multi-sensory indicator, providing a user customized multi-sensory enhancement which is associated with the portion of the story presented on the e-reader.

Abstract: A method of synchronizing multi-sensory enhancement with e-reading content is provided. The method includes tracking eye movement of a user of an e-reader, providing a pre-defined multi-sensory indicator embedded within a portion of a story presented on the e-reader and responsive to the eye movement of the user being correlated with the pre-defined multi-sensory indicator, providing a multi-sensory enhancement which is associated with the portion of the story presented on the e-reader.

Abstract: A method of synchronizing visual enhancement with e-reading content is provided. The method includes tracking eye movement of a user of an e-reader, providing a pre-defined visual indicator embedded within a portion of a story presented on the e-reader and responsive to the eye movement of the user being correlated with the pre-defined visual indicator, displaying an image which is associated with the portion of the story presented on the e-reader.

Abstract: Persistent anchored supplementary content for digital reading is provided. One embodiment creates a comment thread comprising a comment icon and an associated comment thread at a point of interest within an e-document presented on an e-reading device. In addition, a trusted e-reading community is defined. The comment icon and the associated comment thread are shared with the trusted e-reading community.

Abstract: A method and system for notifying an observer of the presence of one or more extraneous objects on a touchscreen display of a mobile computing device. The method is executed in a processor of the mobile computing device, the device including a memory storing instructions, a display screen including a set of touch sensors, the processor being capable of inferring a presence of an extraneous object on the display screen based on an interaction with the set of touch sensors, the method comprising determining a spatial area around an interaction in response to an inference that an extraneous object is present on the display screen; rendering a perimeter of the spatial area, the perimeter being superposed over an underlying text content portion shown on the display screen; and displaying a notification indicator configured to include the boundary and the underlying text content portion.

Abstract: A method for providing a page flip interface on an electronic personal display is provided. The method includes receiving a request to enter a page flip mode from a user, determining a first page of an e-book displayed as a full page, adjusting a size of the first page of the e-book such that the size is not the full page and displaying a second page of the e-book simultaneously with the first page of the e-book.

Abstract: A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen and a set of touch sensors. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. A processor is provided within the housing to display content pertaining to an e-book on the screen of the display assembly. The processor further detects a first user interaction with the set of touch sensors and interprets the first user interaction as a first user input corresponding with a selection of a first portion of an underlying word in the displayed content. The processor then displays syllabary content for at least the first portion of the underlying word.

Abstract: An e-reading device is provided that enables user-selected excerpts from one or more e-books to be aggregated as part of a separate content item. The e-reading device can also operate to programmatically generate bibliographic statements for each of the selected excerpts, based on attribution metadata from the e-book that is the source of each excerpt.

Abstract: A computing device includes a housing and a display assembly having a screen and a set of touch sensors. The housing at least partially circumvents the screen so that the screen is viewable. A processor is provided within the housing to display content pertaining to an e-book on the screen of the display assembly. The processor further detects a first user interaction with the set of touch sensors and interprets the first user interaction as a first user input corresponding with a selection of at least a portion of the displayed content. The processor then uses the selected content to generate a preview for the e-book to be shared via a network.

Abstract: A method and system for cyclic motion gesturing is provided. The method includes receiving at a motion sensor coupled with a processor a first motion associated with an e-reader, receiving a second motion associated with an e-reader at the motion sensor, the second motion being a counter motion of the first motion, wherein the first and second motions are associated with moving the e-reader form a first point in space to a second point in space and then back to the first point in space within a predetermined period of time, determining the first and second motions indicate a multi-motion command gesture corresponding to a first function performable on the e-Reader and automatically performing the first function on the e-reader in response to the multi-motion command gesture.

Abstract: A method for providing a summary mode on an electronic personal display is provided. The method includes receiving a request to enter a summary mode from a user, accessing a reading history related to the user and directing the electronic personal display to open a summary of the reading history related to the user when initiating the summary mode.

Abstract: Examples described herein provide for a bookmark feature for inserting a bookmark pointer at a bookmarked text location within a page of an e-book rendered on a user interface display. Certain examples also provide an ability to shift the bookmarked text location from a first screen location to another bookmarked screen location, and to repaginate the e-book around the bookmarked text location at the bookmarked screen location.

Abstract: A method and system for operating a computing device while normal touch screen display functionality is suspended. The method comprises initiating a suspend mode of operation for the display screen in response to a request received at the computing device, the suspend mode disabling a subset of the touch functionality; while in the suspend mode of operation, monitoring for a first touch event at the display screen; presenting an exception mode operation (EMO) key at a pre-defined location on the display screen upon receiving the first touch event; monitoring for a second touch event performed at the EMO key location; and during performance of the second touch event, removing the suspend mode by re-enabling the subset of the touch functionality.

Abstract: A method for providing a content discovery mode on an electronic personal display is provided. The method includes compiling reading statistics of a user based on a reading history associated with the user, providing at least one of the reading statistics to the user, receiving a request to enter a content discovery mode from a user and directing the electronic personal display to display discovered content to the user when initiating the content discovery mode based on the at least one statistic.