Patent ID: 9268734
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising: detecting an event corresponding to an interaction between a user and an electronic book presented on an electronic book reader; selecting, from multiple applications, a subset of the multiple applications to receive the event that is indicative of the interaction, wherein the selecting is performed without receiving a contemporaneous user selection, the subset comprising two or more applications; publishing the event to the subset of the multiple applications while refraining from publishing the event to a remainder of the multiple applications; receiving, from one application of the subset of the multiple applications, a request to publish first content for display on the electronic book reader at least partly in response to the publishing of the event; receiving, from another application of the subset of the multiple applications, a request to publish second content for display on the electronic book reader at least partly in response to the publishing of the event; causing display of at least a portion of the first content as a first layer; and causing display of at least a portion of the second content as a second layer on the electronic book reader.