公开(公告)号：US10728049B1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US15798106

申请日：2017-10-30

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Seth Gershom Goldstein ,  Seth Daniel Micarelli ,  Craig Reeves Brookes ,  Jennifer Ann Abts ,  Christine Wang

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L12/58 ,  G09B5/02 ,  G09B7/02 ,  G09B19/00 ,  G09B5/08 ,  G06F16/955

Abstract: Ad hoc forums may be created and updated to enable users to easily share information, collaborate, track reading progress, coordinate events, and/or exchange other information related to reading of a book or other written work. The ad hoc forum may be accessible via a uniform resource locator (URL), which may be provided to users without requiring user registration and without a need for a dedicated reader device. A service provider may receive information from contemporaneous readers to update the forum, such as to update reading progress information, add messages, add comments, add annotations, and/or other add or modify other collaborative information. The service provider may exchange information with user devices of users via communication channels other than the forum, such as via email and/or text messages, as well as dedicated reader devices, while using this information to update the forum.

公开(公告)号：US11206149B1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-21

申请号：US16908175

申请日：2020-06-22

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Seth Gershom Goldstein ,  Seth Daniel Micarelli ,  Craig Reeves Brookes ,  Jennifer Ann Abts ,  Christine Wang

IPC: H04L12/18 ,  H04L12/58 ,  G06F16/955 ,  G09B7/02 ,  G09B5/08 ,  G09B5/02 ,  G09B19/00

Abstract: Ad hoc forums may be created and updated to enable users to easily share information, collaborate, track reading progress, coordinate events, and/or exchange other information related to reading of a book or other written work. The ad hoc forum may be accessible via a uniform resource locator (URL), which may be provided to users without requiring user registration and without a need for a dedicated reader device. A service provider may receive information from contemporaneous readers to update the forum, such as to update reading progress information, add messages, add comments, add annotations, and/or other add or modify other collaborative information. The service provider may exchange information with user devices of users via communication channels other than the forum, such as via email and/or text messages, as well as dedicated reader devices, while using this information to update the forum.