TW201419119A - Method of inputting keyword applied in electronic book - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of inputting a keyword (s) applied in an electronic book is used in an electronic device. A user chooses at least one target word, then a search index would be generated. By executing the search index, a search result webpage will be accordingly generated.

Description

Method of entering keywords through e-books

The present invention relates to the use of an electronic book.

Reading e-books on computers or tablets (PAD) has become very popular. General e-books mainly provide reading functions, and some can be used as language exercises. Although e-books have been developed for at least ten years, only a few functions other than reading have been developed because they are not easy to think of.

Sometimes when I read an e-book, when I encounter some words that I don’t understand or are interested in, the current practice is to open Google and enter keywords. Since this kind of query is frequent, there is a need to save these steps. . Make it easier for users to use the search function.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a function for facilitating inquiry when reading an e-book.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for inputting a keyword through an e-book is applied to an electronic device for storing an e-book file, and the e-book file is processed by the electronic device and then displayed on a screen. Displaying a plurality of characters, the method includes: providing an operation interface, the operation interface is displayed on the screen, wherein the operation interface comprises a display area and at least one function key, the display area is configured to display the plurality of characters, the at least one function key Corresponding to a retrieval function network Station, according to the embodiment, the search function website is for example, Google, YouTube, and the like.

Receiving a selection of at least one target text, the at least one target text being selected by the user by the plural text. And generating a search index generated by the at least one target text and a search function website corresponding to the at least one function key.

After the search index is retrieved, the search result web page can be displayed by executing the search index through the API (Application Program Interface) built into the call system program.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, a preferred embodiment will be described below.

Please refer to FIG. 1 for a hardware architecture diagram of an electronic device according to the present invention. The electronic device 90 includes a screen 91, a processor 92, a memory 93 and a speaker 94. The electronic device 90 is, for example, a tablet computer (PAD), and the screen 91 can be a touch screen. An e-book application 931 and at least one e-book file 60 are stored in the memory 93. The processor 92 executes the e-book application 931, and the e-book file 60 is processed by the e-book application 931 to display a plurality of characters 61 on the multi-touch screen 91 (refer to FIG. 3).

2 is a flowchart of the present invention, and please refer to FIG. 3 to FIG. 8 together to understand the method of the present invention for inputting keywords through an e-book.

Step 201:

An operation interface 20 is provided, and the operation interface 20 includes a display area 21 and At least one function key 22a, 22b.

After the processor 92 of the electronic device 90 executes the e-book application 931 and an e-book file 60, referring to FIG. 3, the screen 91 displays an operation interface 20, and the operation interface 20 includes a display area 21 and at least one function key 22a. 22b.

The purpose of the display area 21 is to display a plurality of characters 61 (texts in the e-book file 60). In the embodiment there are two function keys 22a, 22b, the function keys 22a represent Google search, and the function keys 22b represent YouTube search. The website corresponding to the function key is a website with a search function, such as a web dictionary website, an encyclopedia website, a Facebook, a news website, etc., any website that allows input of keywords to find information.

The function of the search key 25 will be described later.

Step 202:

A selection for function key 22b is received and a pop-up window 28 is provided.

Referring to FIG. 4, it is assumed that the function key 22b is selected (for example, the user clicks with a finger, or the mouse clicks, etc.), and a pop-up window 28 is displayed on the operation interface 20. The pop-up window 28 preferably has a corresponding text corresponding to the function key 22b, because the function key 22b represents a YouTube search, so the pop-up window 28 is marked with YouTube.

Step 203:

A selection of at least one target text 61a is received.

For example, if the user clicks on the word "Jeremy" as the target text 61a to be searched, the word "Jeremy" is displayed in the pop-up window 28, as shown in the figure. 4 is shown.

It should be noted that the target text 61a may be more than one. For example, the user selects the word "Anthony" as the second target text 61a to be searched, and the same "Button" window also displays the word "Anthony", so the window is popped up. 28 shows the words "Jeremy" and "Anthony".

Taking the electronic device 90 as a tablet computer (PAD) as an example, how to know which word is selected is actually a lot. In this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 8. The electronic book file 60 has a database, and each character 61 is recorded. And the corresponding current coordinate 62, size parameter 63, and text audio file 64.

For example, the first text "Jeremy", at the beginning of the current coordinate 62 record "Jeremy" has a starting value, if the user is allowed to enlarge the text, or move up and down, the current coordinates 62 at any time record the current coordinates of the upper left corner of "Jeremy" (this For example, the coordinates of the center, the coordinates of the upper right corner, etc.) may be recorded, so the value of the coordinates 62 may change at present; while the size parameter 63 records the width and height covered by the word "Jeremy" (possibly the text is enlarged and reduced) The value is changed), so the current coordinate 62 and the size parameter 63 record the rectangular range currently covered by the corresponding text. The size parameter 63 can also be changed to record the current coordinates of the bottom right corner of each text. In fact, the rectangular range covered by the corresponding text can also be recorded. The role of the text file 64 is "Jeremy" corresponding to the audio file to be called ("Jeremy" voice). If the user touches one of the characters, such as "Jeremy", it can know which word is clicked because of the touch position. selected. In the present embodiment, if the function keys 22a, 22b are not clicked, if "Jeremy" is clicked, the audio file "1.mp3" is broadcast (basically a vocal recording file). The text file 64 is not necessarily required, for example, the electronic device 90 is equipped with a text-to-speech engine (TTS). You can turn the word "Jeremy" into the voice engine and sound it.

Step 204:

Generate a search index.

After the user decides to search for the words "Jeremy" and "Anthony" on YouTube, he can click on the search key 25 to perform the search. It should be noted that the search key 25 can also be placed in the pop-up window 28 (for example, at the bottom). In addition, the search key 25 may not be necessary. For example, if the user decides to search for the words "Jeremy" and "Anthony" after searching on YouTube, the user clicks the function key 22b again, which may be designed in the e-book application 931. There are many ways, and there will be no difficulty, because the program knows that the pop-up window 28 is open, and if the function key 22b is clicked again, it means that the search is to be performed.

Alternatively, in step 202, the function keys 22a, 22b are displayed, and the search key 25 is deleted. After the user selects the function key 22b, the function keys 22a, 22b disappear, and the search key 25 appears. After the user decides to perform the search, the user can click the search key 25 to perform the search, and the search function key is searched. 22a, 22b appear again, and the search key 25 disappears.

At this time, the e-book application 931 can generate a retrieval index according to the retrieval function corresponding to the function key, and the retrieval index includes the target text 61a.

For example, in the case of YouTube search, the search index corresponding to "Jeremy" and "Anthony" searched on YouTube is: " http://www.google.com/search? q=Jeremy+Anthony+site:youtube.com 』

For example, the search index corresponding to Google's search for "Jeremy" and "Anthony" is: " https://www.google.com/search? q=Jeremy+Anthony 』

The retrieval index includes the at least one target text 61a step 205: displaying the retrieved web page.

Then, the e-book application 931 only needs to perform a retrieval index (such as a web address) through the browser in the system API (Application Program Interface) " http://www.google.com/search? q=Jeremy+Anthony+site:youtube.com 』, you can display YouTube search results page 70 generated by "Jeremy" and "Anthony", as shown in Figure 7.

To sum up, the present invention, regardless of its purpose, means and efficacy, shows its distinctive features of the prior art. You are requested to review the examination and express the patent as soon as possible. It should be noted that the various embodiments described above are merely illustrative for ease of explanation, and the scope of the invention is intended to be limited by the scope of the claims. It should be noted that the "e-book" described in this specification refers to the digital text that can be displayed on the screen in text. The "e-book" described in this manual includes the traditionally known e-book, including the web page, because the web page It also conforms to the digital text displayed on the screen in text. In addition, the examples given in this manual are English search, of course, any language, such as Chinese, when there is a space between Chinese words (Space), for tablet For the brain, it is only necessary to set a "blank button" on the operation interface 20 to allow the user to input the "Space" symbol.

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21‧‧‧ display area

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Search function website

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1 is a hardware architecture diagram of an electronic device according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart of the present invention.

3 is a schematic diagram of the present invention for presenting an operation interface of an electronic device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an operation interface of an electronic device according to the present invention, wherein a display function key is selected, and a pop-up window is displayed.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the operation interface of the electronic device according to the present invention, showing that the first target text is selected.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the operation interface of the electronic device according to the present invention, showing that the second target text is selected.

Figure 7 is a schematic illustration of the display of a web page of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of the electronic book archive according to the present invention.

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Claims (9)

A method for inputting a keyword through an e-book for use in an electronic device for storing an e-book file, the e-book file being processed by the electronic device to display a plurality of characters on a screen, the method The operation interface is displayed on the screen, wherein the operation interface comprises a display area and at least one function key, the display area is used for displaying the plural text, and the at least one function key corresponds to a search function website Receiving a selection of at least one target text, wherein the at least one target text is selected by the user by the plurality of characters; and generating a search index, wherein the search index is based on the at least one target text and the at least one function key Generated with a search function website. The method for inputting a keyword through an e-book as described in claim 1, wherein before receiving the selection for the at least one target text, the method further comprises receiving a selection for the function key. The method for inputting a keyword by using an e-book as described in claim 2, wherein after receiving the selection for the function key, a pop-up window is provided, and the pop-up window is configured to display the at least one target text. The method for inputting a keyword through an e-book as described in claim 3, wherein the operation interface comprises a plurality of function keys, each of which corresponds to a different search function website. The method for inputting a keyword by using an e-book as described in claim 4, wherein the search index includes the at least one target text. As for the method of inputting a keyword through an e-book as described in claim 5, the search function website is Google or YouTube. The method for inputting a keyword through an e-book according to claim 1, wherein after receiving the selection for the function key, a pop-up window is provided, and the pop-up window is configured to display the at least one target text. The method for inputting a keyword through an e-book as described in claim 1, wherein the operation interface comprises a plurality of function keys, each of which corresponds to a different search function website. As for the method of inputting a keyword through an e-book as described in claim 1, the search function website is Google or YouTube.