E-Book Content Review Page for Reading Continuity Recovery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users often forget what they have read in e-books due to long intervals between reading sessions, leading to a deterioration in reading coherence and experience when the application shows the last-read page.

Innovation Solution

Displaying a content review page with an antecedent content summary of the e-book, including summaries related to characters, plots, or relationships, in various formats such as text, video, or through digital assistants, to refresh the reader's memory.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the reading application shows the last-read page to users, then the user can continue reading from where they left off, but the reading coherence deteriorates when the time interval between readings is long

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontinuity of readingVSAvoidreading coherence
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by generating and storing content summaries in advance of when the user needs them. When a user returns to an e-book after a long interval, the pre-generated summary is immediately displayed to refresh their memory before they continue reading, thus maintaining reading coherence while preserving the ability to resume from the last position

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of time

If the application displays the last-read page immediately, then the user can resume reading quickly, but the user's memory of previous content is lost leading to reduced reading experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime to resume readingVSAvoidmemory of previous content
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The content summary acts as an intermediary element between the user's previous reading memory and the current reading position. Instead of directly jumping to the last-read page, the system inserts a summary page that bridges the gap, helping users retrieve lost information while still enabling quick resumption of reading with minimal time loss

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250355541A1Information processing method and apparatus, and related products
Publication Date: 2025.11.20 DOUYIN VISION CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information processing method and apparatus and related products. The method includes: displaying a reading page of a first e-book; displaying, in response to a user's content review operation aimed at the first e-book on the reading page, a content review page of the first e-book; displaying an antecedent content summary of the first e-book on the content review page. Through this embodiment, the content review page of the first e-book can be displayed, and the antecedent content summary of the first e-book can be displayed on the content review page; thereby improving the e-book reading coherence and improving the e-book reading experience.