Nathan S Moody

US Patent:

8520025, Aug 27, 2013

Filed:

Jul 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/182787

Inventors:

James Patterson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Moody - San Francisco CA, US
Scott Dougall - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345619, 345649, 345659, 345901, 715230, 715200

Abstract:

An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students' use of textbooks. A finger press on a touch screen produces a contextual menu with user choices that relate to where the finger was pressed or what the user was recently doing with the book. A student provisionally navigates through a book by a specific gesture which, when it stops, returns the user to the previous position in the book. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer.

US Patent:

8543941, Sep 24, 2013

Filed:

Jul 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/182809

Inventors:

James Patterson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Moody - San Francisco CA, US
Scott Dougall - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/25
G06F 17/26

US Classification:

715810, 715817, 715828

Abstract:

An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students' use of textbooks. A finger press on a touch screen produces a contextual menu with user choices that relate to where the finger was pressed or what the user was recently doing with the book. A student provisionally navigates through a book by a specific gesture which, when it stops, returns the user to the previous position in the book. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer.

US Patent:

20120221436, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Apr 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/089154

Inventors:

James Patterson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Moody - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705 2641, 707825, 705 271, 707E17005

Abstract:

An electronic textbook system allows instructors to create custom coursebooks by integrating various materials from disparate sources. Instructors can arrange the materials, format them, provide tables of contents and indices. Payment mechanisms as well as policies for the components are integrated automatically so that the final book satisfies policy requirements for each of its component parts.

US Patent:

20120221441, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Aug 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/216773

Inventors:

James Patterson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Moody - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

705 271, 709217

Abstract:

An electronic book system recognizes patterns in texts that correspond to bibliographical references. User selection of a bibliographical reference causes a digital copy of the work referenced to be made available to the user. Factors such as price, reference format and user feedback are used to select a source from which the digital copy of the work is obtained.

US Patent:

20120221936, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

May 9, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/103813

Inventors:

James Patterson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Moody - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/20
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

715230, 707736, 707E17045

Abstract:

An electronic book system allows third parties to make available to users extensions, or “add-ons”, that provide additional features and functions relating to a book. Add-ons are launched in a manner that takes into account the reader's context, such as a current page the reader is looking at. Payment mechanisms as well as policies for the add-ons are integrated so that restrictions imposed by both book publishers and add-on publishers are respected.

US Patent:

20120221937, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Jul 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/182797

Inventors:

James Patterson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Moody - San Francisco CA, US
Scott Dougall - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/01
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715230, 715752

Abstract:

An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students' use of textbooks. A finger press on a touch screen produces a contextual menu with user choices that relate to where the finger was pressed or what the user was recently doing with the book. A student provisionally navigates through a book by a specific gesture which, when it stops, returns the user to the previous position in the book. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer.

US Patent:

20120221938, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Jun 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/171130

Inventors:

James Patterson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Moody - San Francisco CA, US
Scott Dougall - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715232, 715230

Abstract:

An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students' use of textbooks. A finger press on a touch screen produces a contextual menu with user choices that relate to where the finger was pressed or what the user was recently doing with the book. A student provisionally navigates through a book by a specific gesture which, when it stops, returns the user to the previous position in the book. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer.

US Patent:

20120221968, Aug 30, 2012

Filed:

Jul 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/182773

Inventors:

James Patterson - San Francisco CA, US
Nathan Moody - San Francisco CA, US
Scott Dougall - Burbank CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715776

Abstract:

An electronic book system provides interfaces particularly suited to students' use of textbooks. A finger press on a touch screen produces a contextual menu with user choices that relate to where the finger was pressed or what the user was recently doing with the book. A student provisionally navigates through a book by a specific gesture which, when it stops, returns the user to the previous position in the book. Annotations are displayed and hidden using specific gestures and through selective movement of the reader as sensed by its accelerometer.