Information processing apparatus, information processing method, storage medium, and program
a technology of information processing and information processing method, which is applied in the direction of text processing, document management systems, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of affecting the willingness of readers, affecting the effect of the user's reading experience, and affecting the reading experien
Inactive Publication Date: 2014-05-08
SONY CORP
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This, however, entails some inconveniences.
That wholesale purchase required of users (readers) is unduly expensive from their point of view.
The unwanted expenditures are likely to dampen the readers' willingness to purchase more books or magazines, which often results in poor business for publishers.
In reading electronic magazines, the reader is required to turn all intervening pages to arrive at each of the desired articles, which can be a bothersome chore.
The inconvenience is all the more pronounced if there are more articles involved with many more pages; the user must wade through the bewildering arrays of articles before reaching a preferred story.
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[0032]Preferred embodiments of this invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a typical configuration of an information processing system comprising an information processing apparatus embodying the invention. The system in FIG. 1 is designed to handle electronic books composed of text data. An electronic book contains information that is generally recorded in printed form on its conventional counterpart in paper. Typically, the electronic book has its text data displayed on an electronic book display terminal (e.g., user terminal 4 in FIG. 1) in a double-page spread format.
[0033]A network 1 as part of the system is constituted by a wide area network such as the Internet or by a LAN (local area network). The network 1 is connected to a publishing companies' servers 2-1 through 2-3, a control center 3, and a user terminal 4. In the description that follows, the publishing companies' servers 2-1 through 2-3 will be ...
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An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: a storing element for storing content data; a managing element for managing preference data by which to determine preferences of a user; a reading element for reading the content data from the storing element in response to an instruction from the user; a sorting element for sorting the content data read by the reading element, in accordance with the preference data managed by the managing element; and a composing element for composing the content data sorted by the sorting element, into a single item ready to be handled by the user.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 656,274, filed Sep. 8, 2003, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference, and which claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-280258, filed with the Japanese Patent Office on Sep. 26, 2002.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a storage medium, and a program. More particularly, the invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a storage medium, and a program for use with equipment that handles electronic books.[0003]Electronic books composed of text data are coming into general use today. Traditional paper books with printed text information are getting taken over in part by their electronic counterparts whose text data are displayed on an electronic book display terminal in a dou...
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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F17/30011G06Q30/0235G06Q30/06G06F16/14G06F16/93G06F40/10H04L67/01H04L67/06H04L67/306
Inventor KATO, YOSHIKAZU
Owner SONY CORP