Patent ID: 9536437
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09B,G09G

Claim:
1. A method for providing a modified version of a first prominent component of an electronic book, comprising: storing the electronic book in memory of an electronic reader device, wherein storing includes storing prominent components and non-prominent components of the electronic book, wherein the prominent components include a title or sub-heading of the electronic book, and the non-prominent components include body text content; monitoring, with the electronic reader device, for an instruction to transition between a skim mode of operation and a normal mode of operation; in response to detecting an instruction to enter the skim mode of operation, placing the electronic reader device in the skim mode of operation; while in the skim mode of operation, the electronic reader device filtering the prominent components of the electronic book from the non-prominent components, presenting the filtered prominent components, including the title and sub-heading, and suppressing presentation of the non-prominent components of the electronic book, including suppressing textual content other than title and sub-heading contents, including rendering, in lieu of a first of the prominent components, the modified version of the first prominent component, wherein rendering the modified version of the first prominent component utilizes fewer computing resources or requires less time than rendering the first prominent component.