Abstract: In electronic book sequential narrative stories, a reader selectable sequence of descriptions for the same character or like function element with each different description appropriate to the stage of the changing character or function element development as the narrative content progresses.

Abstract: A portable computer controlled user interactive touch responsive read/write display pad comprising the combination of a display screen displaying text and graphics, a transparent touch sensitive pad covering said display screen, an implementation responsive to cursive drawing or characters touch input for displaying such drawing or characters on said display screen together with an implementation for displaying a full character keyboard on said display screen and responsive to touch inputs to characters on said keyboard for displaying said touch keyboard inputs as text entries within said displayed text and graphics. This full character keyboard is preferably superimposed upon and transparent to said displayed text and graphics in the displayed document.

Abstract: A portable audio system which has 150 up to 500 times the stored MP3 stored music title capacity of present day portable audio system memories. The portable audio system has a housing which encloses a hard disk drive having at least 10 gigabytes of storage capacity with a plurality of music titles stored on said hard disk drive as MP3 compressed digital data. There is also enclosed within the housing at least one pair of audio speakers, means for decompressing said digital data and amplifiers for driving the speakers with said decompressed data to thereby present the music of said music titles. The housing has a handle for manually carrying the housing while said music is being presented. With this implementation, which mounts the hard disk drive with the stored MP3 music titles directly within the carried housing, the portable system is provided with 10 gigabytes or more of MP3 music title storage, which is at least 150 times the capacity of solid state memory devices.