ELECTRONIC BOOK ELECTRONIC LINKS
    5.
    发明申请
    ELECTRONIC BOOK ELECTRONIC LINKS 审中-公开
    电子书电子链接

    公开(公告)号:US20080229182A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-18

    申请号:US12129496

    申请日:2008-05-29

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00

    摘要: An electronic book selection and delivery system distributes text to subscribers. The system includes the ability to use electronic links as well as a system for creating electronic links between specific electronic books and other electronic files. The links may be used or accessed by a menu system or by operation of a cursor and a select button. The other electronic files could be portions of a specific electronic book, such as a Table of Contents. The other electronic files could also exist external to a specific electronic book. For example, definitions provided in an electronic English-language dictionary could be linked to terms contained in an electronic book. The electronic links may be created by the book publisher or may be subscriber-defined. The links may use standard programming language such as hypertext markup language (HTML). The links may be established through use of a relational database.

    摘要翻译: 电子书选择和传递系统向用户分发文本。 该系统包括使用电子链接的能力以及用于在特定电子书和其他电子文件之间建立电子链接的系统。 链接可以由菜单系统使用或访问,或通过光标和选择按钮的操作来使用。 其他电子文件可以是特定电子书的一部分,例如目录。 其他电子文件也可以存在于特定电子书的外部。 例如,电子英语词典中提供的定义可以与电子书中包含的术语相关联。 电子链接可以由图书出版商创建,或者可以是订阅者定义的。 链接可能使用标准的编程语言,如超文本标记语言(HTML)。 可以通过使用关系数据库建立链接。

    Digital broadcast program billing
    6.
    发明授权
    Digital broadcast program billing 有权
    数字广播节目收费

    公开(公告)号:US07134131B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-11-07

    申请号:US09556875

    申请日:2000-04-18

    IPC分类号: H04N7/16 H04N7/173

    摘要: A method and a system for selecting and ordering broadcast programs uses an electronic program guide that may be broadcast to subscribers or posted on an Internet web site. The system allows national broadcasters to provide one or more channels of pay-per-view or subscription programming and to establish a mechanism for billing subscribers who access the programs. Subscribers may access the Internet and send a program request to a web site. An authorization is then forwarded to a billing center and to a local broadcaster. The billing center debits the subscriber's account, or prepares a bill. The local broadcaster sends the authorization to the subscriber. The authorization includes a program code and a terminal identifier that permit the subscriber's television or set top terminal to decrypt and display the program.

    摘要翻译: 用于选择和排序广播节目的方法和系统使用可以广播给订阅者或张贴在因特网网站上的电子节目指南。 该系统允许国家广播公司提供一个或多个按次付费视频或订阅节目的频道,并建立一个用于对访问节目的用户进行计费的机制。 用户可以访问互联网并向网站发送节目请求。 然后将授权转发到计费中心和本地广播公司。 计费中心借记订户的帐户,或者准备账单。 本地广播公司向用户发送授权。 授权包括一个程序代码和一个允许用户的电视或机顶终端解密和显示该程序的终端标识符。

    Electronic book with voice emulation features
    10.
    发明授权
    Electronic book with voice emulation features 失效
    具有语音仿真功能的电子书

    公开(公告)号:US08073695B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-06

    申请号:US09344499

    申请日:1999-06-25

    IPC分类号: G10L13/00

    摘要: A method and system for providing text-to-audio conversion of an electronic book displayed on a viewer. A user selects a portion of displayed text and converts it into audio. The text-to-audio conversion may be performed via a header file and pre-recorded audio for each electronic book, via text-to-speech conversion, or other available means. The user may select manual or automatic text-to audio conversion. The automatic text-to-audio conversion may be performed by automatically turning the pages of the electronic book or by the user manually turning the pages. The user may also select to convert the entire electronic book, or portions of it, into audio. The user may also select an option to receive an audio definition of a particular word in the electronic book. The present invention allows a user to control the system by selecting options from a screen or by entering voice commands.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于提供在观看者上显示的电子书的文本到音频转换的方法和系统。 用户选择显示的文本的一部分并将其转换为音频。 文本到音频转换可以经由头文件和每个电子书的预录音频,经由文本到语音转换或其他可用的方式来执行。 用户可以选择手动或自动的文本转换音频。 可以通过自动转动电子书的页面或用户手动转动页面来执行自动文本到音频的转换。 用户还可以选择将整个电子书或其部分转换为音频。 用户还可以选择接收电子书中特定单词的音频定义的选项。 本发明允许用户通过从屏幕选择选项或通过输入语音命令来控制系统。