Patent ID: 9053190
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for building a custom publication comprising: providing a library of electronic source publications having defined units of content within the source publications, the library storing source publication metadata for the defined units of content; providing a graphical user interface over a network to allow a user to select units of content from source publications; receiving communications over the network indicating the user has selected units of content for inclusion in a custom publication; copying the selected units of content and associating the copied, selected units of content with an unpublished custom publication to create a set of custom publication units of content; creating a set of custom publication metadata for the unpublished custom publication, wherein the custom publication metadata comprises at least some metadata copied from the source publication metadata; inserting additional content into the set of custom publication units of content, wherein inserting the content comprises inserting a reference to source information for the set of custom publication units of content; publishing the unpublished custom publication, wherein publishing the unpublished custom publication comprises: providing the published custom publication in an electronic format.