E-book Character Agent for Mobile Terminal Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile terminals lack enhanced entertainment features for e-book content, limiting user engagement and convenience in displaying supplementary information and events linked to e-book pages.
Innovation Solution
A content provision system that includes a mobile terminal, a provider server, an e-book database, and a character database, allowing users to request and receive e-books, transmit character requests, and display characters and events related to e-book content, with features like character animation and reading status updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If basic e-book display functionality is provided in mobile terminals, then e-book content can be displayed, but user engagement and entertainment features are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds a character agent within the e-book reading system, where the character is nested inside the e-book content structure. The character database and event database are nested within the overall content delivery system, allowing enriched functionality without requiring a completely separate system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a character agent as an intermediary between the user and the e-book content. This character mediates the reading experience by providing supplementary information, guiding users through content, and enhancing engagement without requiring direct user interaction with the underlying complex database structures.
2Loss of information
If supplementary information and events are linked to e-book pages, then user engagement improves, but information management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments information into distinct categories: main e-book content, character information, event data, and supplementary information. Each segment is stored in separate database structures and delivered independently, allowing efficient management and selective delivery of information without overwhelming the system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary organization of supplementary information and events during the content creation and database population phase. Character profiles, event data, and supplementary content are pre-structured and associated with specific e-book pages before delivery, enabling efficient retrieval and display during the reading experience.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and apparatus for providing users with electronic book (e-book) content by means of a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving an e-book from a provider server; transmitting a character request message containing identity information of the e-book to the provider server; receiving character information corresponding to the identity information from the provider server; displaying a character according to the character information; and outputting, when a page having a link to an event, the event by means of the character. A user may enjoy various activities such as collecting characters, promoting character level, and uploading character as well as reading e-books.