Patent ID: 8874731

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of generating interest information for an eBook, comprising: receiving timing reports from a plurality of clients used by a plurality of users to read the eBook, the timing reports describing behaviors of the users with respect to sections of the eBook and describing events that signify starts and ends of reading sessions of the eBook by the users, a start of a reading session indicated by turning on a client and an end of a reading session indicated by turning off a client; analyzing the timing reports for the eBook received from the plurality of clients used by the plurality of users to identify a position in the eBook in which a preponderance of the plurality of users ended a reading session and did not start a new reading session for the eBook for at least a threshold period of time; generating interest information for the eBook responsive to the analysis of the timing reports, the interest information indicating that a section of the eBook preceding the identified position is of low interest to the plurality of users; and storing the interest information for the eBook in a data store.