Patent ID: 6411973
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of providing user access to stored textual information in an electronic book having a digital memory, entry keys, a display screen and a microprocessor for implementing the method, said stored textual information being comprised of sections of textual information, each of said sections being identified by a respective section identifier, said method comprising the steps of:receiving a user entry from a user of said electronic book; parsing said user entry by recognizing said user entry as a read mode request if said user entry corresponds to any one of said section identifiers, and by recognizing said user entry as a search mode request if said user entry does not correspond to any one of said section identifiers, displaying, when said user entry is recognized as a read mode request, at least a portion of said section of textual information having said section identifier to which the user entry corresponds; and searching, when said user entry is recognized as a search mode request, through each of said sections of textual information for at least one occurrence of said user entry, displaying on said display screen of said electronic book a list of the section identifiers of those sections of textual information in which said at least one occurrence of said user entry is found, receiving a second user entry from said user, and displaying a portion containing the first user entry of the section of textual information having said section identifier to which the second user entry corresponds.