US 12,079,453 B2
Device, system, and method for electronic book enhancement
Carinne Meyrignac, Los Angeles, CA (US); Michael Pursey, Los Angeles, CA (US); and David S. Young, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Cali's Books LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Cali's Books LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,322.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126411 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/0483 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 16/635 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A book enhancement device comprising:
a housing comprising an inner surface and an outer surface,
a book coupler attached to the housing to secure a book to the housing,
a page detection sensor generating a page signal usable to determine an open page of the book,
a computer processor communicatively coupled to the page detection sensor,
an audio output device communicatively coupled to the computer processor comprising at least one of a speaker and an audio output interface,
a power source electrically coupled to the audio output device and the computer processor,
a non-transitory computer readable memory communicatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer readable memory storing:
an audio dataset comprising one or more page UIDs and one or more audio files, each of the one or more page UIDs associated with an audio file within a data structure of the audio dataset; and
an audio routine comprising computer readable instructions that when executed on the computer processor:
receive the page signal from the page detection sensor,
determine a page UID for the open page within the one or more page UIDs,
query the audio dataset for the audio file associated with the page UID, and
generate an audio signal of the audio file on the audio output device to enhance a reading experience of the book based on the open page; and
one or more touch sensors distributed on the inner surface of the housing and communicatively coupled to the computer processor,
wherein the audio dataset further comprising one or more button UIDs associated with each of the one or more page UIDs, and wherein each of the one or more audio files are associated with each of one or more button UIDs,
wherein the audio routine further comprising computer readable instructions when executed on the computer processor receive a touch signal and query the audio dataset for the audio file associated with the button UID associated with the page UID,
wherein the audio dataset comprising a contingent audio data associated with at least one of the one or more page UIDs, the contingent audio data activating the audio file upon satisfaction of a conditional,
wherein an activation condition activating the audio file comprises at least one of a sequence of two or more touch signals and a timing of one or more touch signals, and
wherein the audio routine further comprising computer readable instructions when executed on the computer processor:
query the audio dataset for the contingent audio data associated with the page UID,
detect two or more touch signals,
generate an input data comprising a button UID associated with each of the two or more touch signals,
pass the input data into a function evaluating the contingent audio data,
determine satisfaction of the conditional, and
generate an audio signal of the audio file on the audio output device to increase interactive options of the book for a user.