Patent ID: 9043412
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer device for reading an e-book comprising: a content navigator configured to present content to a user according to a command from the user; a processing unit in communication with the content navigator configured to execute an application, communicate with a server, acquire a content identifier corresponding to the content presented by the content navigator, send the content identifier to the server, compare the content identifier with one or more other content identifiers from one or more other computing devices corresponding to the content, match the content identifier with a data store to identify service data in the data store, wherein the service data in the data store includes a reading status of a respective computing device of the one or more other computing devices, select the service data based upon, at least in part, the content identifier, and receive from the server a message indicating a similar reading status of at least two of the one or more other computing devices associated with the content and the service data, wherein the message and the service data are received based upon, at least in part, the comparison of the content identifier with one or more other content identifiers from one or more other computing devices corresponding to the content; and an output unit in communication with the processing unit configured to output the message to the user, wherein the e-book includes at least the content identifier corresponding to the content and includes the content.