Patent ID: 8738471
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: on a server computer, producing an output signal that displays an electronic version of a book, said output signal including digital images of multiple pages of the book, each page representing only a part of the information in the book, and each page formatted to resemble a formatting of actual book pages; said producing comprising supplying access to a user of multiple of said pages, but only a limited number of said pages, prior to purchase of the book, so that a prospective purchaser can only read said multiple pages of the book prior to said purchase, where said multiple pages of the book includes digital images of only part of the whole said book, where each page provides only a portion of the information that can be read prior to purchase of the book, and said producing providing a control which switches between said multiple pages prior to said purchase of the book; said server computer operating for receiving a book reading fee, that is charged for allowing reading an entire book including all of said digital images forming the whole said book; and said producing comprising supplying access and allowing the user to read said all of said digital images forming the whole said book, where said whole book includes all the digital images of all of said multiple pages of the book, only after obtaining said book reading fee from said user, where said server computer detects a request from the user for more pages, and determines whether to return said more pages based on whether the book reading fee has been received, and based on the pages that are requested, where pages beyond a specified threshold are not returned if the book reading fee has not been received, and where said pages beyond the specified threshold are returned if the book reading fee has been received.