Patent ID: 7908344

Claim:
A method for processing content data for one or more electronic reader devices, the one or more reader devices each comprising an electronic paper display, the method comprising: receiving, via a first network, content data at a location remote from the one or more reader devices, the content data being supplied by an end user of the one or more reader devices, the one or more reader devices each comprising an electronic paper display, the content data being generated by a content resource, the content data being received in a first format that is Microsoft Office, DOC, HTML, HTM, JPEG, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TXT, AZW, MOBI, PRC, PDF, DOCX, or RTF, and the content data being in a first format that is capable of being converted to a second format, the content data also being in the first format that is decipherable by the content resource that generated the content data; analyzing the content data to determine the first format of the content data, the analyzing of the content data comprising determining one or more characteristics of the content data, at least one characteristic of the content data comprising the type of content resource used to generate the content data; generating analysis data based on the analyzing, the analysis data comprising information related to the at least one or more characteristics of the content data, the content being analyzed remotely from the one or more reader devices; determining a second format that is decipherable by one or more software applications operating on the one or more reader devices; formatting the content data to convert the content data from the first format to the second format compatible with the one or more reader devices, whereby formatted content data is generated; and making the formatted content data available, via a second network, to the one or more reader devices.