SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC EDITING

Abstract

An interactive book, or other material, that may be edited by the general public is provided. The interactive material may also hold imbedded links to dedicated Internet websites. The present interactive book allows for multiple people to be able to constantly update and track information contained in the book.

Claims

1) A system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text the system comprising: creating a body of text having at least one link which is directed to a Dedicated Internet Web site address; wherein activating the Dedicated Internet Website automatically redirects a user to a second Internet website wherein the second Internet website contains information relative to the recorded or printed material; wherein the redirection may be continuously changed and updated by a control manager who selects which second Internet website the user is redirected to when the link to the Dedicated Internet Website is activated; and wherein the second Internet website may be one suggested by a reader of the body of the text published and approved by the control manager.

2) The system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text of claim 1 wherein the body of text is in an electronic format.

3) The system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text of claim 1 wherein the general public may suggest to the control manager changes with respect to which second Internet Website that the user is redirected to upon activation of the link of the Dedicated Internet Website.

4) The system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text of claim 1 wherein the body of the text is an e-book.

5) The system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text of claim 1 wherein the body of text is printed only in paper and ink format.

6) The system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text of claim 1 wherein the body of text is recorded as speech.

7) The system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text of claim 1 wherein the user is given an option between a number of different links to different second Internet Websites after first reaching the Dedicated Internet Website.

8) A system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text the system comprising: creating a body of text wherein the body of text has at least one link to a Dedicated Internet Web site address; wherein activating the Dedicated Internet Website automatically redirects a user to a second Internet website wherein the second Internet website contains information relative to the body of text; wherein the redirection may be continuously changed and updated by a control manager who selects which second Internet website the user is redirected to when the initial Dedicated Internet Website link is activated; wherein the second Internet website may be one suggested by a reader of the body of text and approved by the control manager of the Dedicated Internet Website; wherein the body of text has a single QR code and/or imbedded link which redirects the user to a Dedicated Internet Website; and wherein the second Internet website is only editable by the control manager and wherein the control manager records changes to all redirects from the Dedicated Internet Website to second Internet website.

9) The system for editing electronic printed text of claim 8 wherein any change to the link to the second Internet website is recorded along with the date and time that change was made.

10) The system for editing electronic printed text of claim 8 wherein any change to the link to the second Internet website is recorded along with the name of the person that suggested that change.

11) The system for editing electronic printed text of claim 8 wherein any deletion to the link to the second Internet website is recorded.

12) A system for changing information accessed by recorded or printed text the system comprising: creating a body of text wherein the body of text has at least one link to a Dedicated Internet Web site address; wherein activating the Dedicated Internet Website automatically redirects a user to a second Internet website wherein the second Internet website contains information relative to body of the text; wherein the redirection may be continuously changed and updated by a control manager who selects which second Internet website the user is redirected to when the link to the Dedicated Internet Website is activated; wherein the second Internet website may be one suggested by a reader of the body of text and approved by the control manager; and wherein the body of text has only one QR code and/or imbedded link which links the user to the Dedicated Internet Website which is only editable by the control manager and wherein any editing by the control manager is recorded.

13) The system for editing recorded text of claim 12 wherein the password may be provided to the user via a contest.

14) The system for editing recorded text of claim 12 wherein the password may be provided to the user as part of a game

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Illustrative embodiments of the present invention are described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0020] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a Reader Using Dynamic Editing System.

[0021] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of the how Dynamic Editing works.

[0022] FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of Dynamic Editing System with Reader Choices.

[0023] FIG. 4 is an actual working QR code for Dynamic Editors in a book.

[0024] FIG. 5 are examples of imbedded links as they may appear in an e-book.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0025] An interactive book, such as an e-book, with QR codes is provided. The interactive e-book may have QR codes. In addition to QR codes, the interactive e-book may also hold imbedded links to a Dedicated Internet Website. The present interactive e-book allows for multiple people to be able to constantly update information contained in the e-book.

[0026] Referring first to FIG. 1 a block diagram of the Dynamic Editing System 100 is provided for the interactive book. In a first step, the publisher of the interactive book may produce or create a plurality of material/information with QR codes and/or imbedded Internet Links 101. While reading the book, a reader of the interactive book may selectively activate 102 desired information (FIG. 5 501, 502, 503, or FIG. 4 400) in the QR codes and/or imbedded Internet Links 101. Such action by the reader is hereafter referred to as a “Request” by the reader. All Request are directed to a single Control Website 103, which reads the Request ID (FIG. 5 502, 503). The Request ID consists of a Link ID 403 and a Control Website 404. The Link ID 403 is preferably the alphanumeric group after an “equal sign” and before the first period in the footnote 402, in this case qr99. The Control Website 404 is preferably the alphanumeric group after the first period in the footnote 402, in this case myeblox.com 404. The Request ID redirects the Reader to the latest stored Internet response 104, which hereafter shall be referred to as the “Redirect”. The Reader, therefore, always receives the latest and most current edits in response to his/her Request, regardless of when he/she received his/her interactive book.

[0027] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of how redirects in QR codes or imbedded Internet links 101 may be changed 200 by the Reader of the interactive book in one embodiment. For example, the Reader may first pick a QR code link 400, 501 or imbedded link 502, 503. In printed materials 101 with only QR codes 400, no imbedded links 502, 503 would be available, but a footnote 401, 402 similar to the imbedded links 502, 503 may be on every page with a QR code 400. All footnotes 401, 402 for a QR code link 400 may contain the unique “Link ID” 403. The Reader may contact the manager 202 (or “control manager”) of the Control Website 103 and may propose a better Internet website for the Link ID 403. After review of the issue, the Control Website 103 manager may then agree 203 to change the Redirect 104 to a new Internet website or may decline the request. The Control Website 103 manager may then change 204 the Redirect 104 to the new Internet website. The Reader has now become a Dynamic Editor and the Control Website 103 manager may update the information access by the Dynamic Editors QR code and Dynamic Editors imbedded link 205. All printed material and e-books 101 that use the same QR codes or imbedded links will now be redirected to the new Link ID 403 and receive the latest information 206. In an embodiment, the control manager may be required to enter a password in order to edit or otherwise control any website.

[0028] FIG. 3 is a block diagram 300 of a modified Dynamic Editor System 100 to allow a Reader to make a choice. This system preferably works best with e-books 301, but will generally work if the Reader uses another Internet connected device with a camera to activate 102 the Control Website 103. After activation, the Reader may be offered a choice 302 that will be described in the offer. The choice 302 may consist of two, X or Y, or more alternate redirection paths. The Reader may pick a path 303. If Reader picks path X, the latest edited X resdirect 304 may then be delivered. If Reader picks path Y, the latest edited Y redirect 305 may then be delivered. The Control Website 103 may then wait for next activation 306.

[0029] FIG. 4 is a working example of a Dynamic Editors QR code 400. The Link ID 403 is “qr99” which may correspond to the footnote number “99” 401 in printed material 101. By focusing the camera of a device with Internet connection (for example, a cell phone) and QR code reading capabilities, the Control Website 103 may then respond to the Request 102. The Control Website 103 in this case is “myeblox.com” 404. The Control Website 103 may be connected to the Link ID 403 as shown in the footnote 402 in FIG. 4.

[0030] FIG. 5 shows a working example of a section 500 of a page using the Dynamic Editing System 100 in one embodiment. By focusing the camera of a device with Internet connection and QR code reading capabilities on the QR code 501, the Control Website 103 will respond to the Request and show the information associated with the Link ID associated with Request ID 502, which in this case is “qr2”. The Reader of this patent will then see the information delivered by the latest edited redirect for footnote 2 504 on a Wicklow Terrier. If the Link ID associated with request ID 403 is edited 200 even after this book is published, the Reader of this book will then see new and different information about a Wicklow Terrier and the date and name of the Dynamic Editor will then also appear in the Dynamic Editors QR code 400 and Dynamic Editors imbedded link 402 in this book.

[0031] Although the above shows the embodiments of the invention pertaining only to printed material and e-books, it should be understood that they also apply to any recorded materials that can be converted to printed text or an e-book by use of devices such as scanners with original character recognition (ocr), speech recognition, touch tone decoding, just to mention a few. It should be understood that various changes and modifications to the presently preferred embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and without diminishing its attendant advantages.