Interactive user interfaces for electronic textbook implementations

Abstract

An interactive graphical user interface for navigating an electronic textbook includes nodes and connectors connecting the nodes. The nodes may correspond to items of educational content, and the connectors may correspond to a plurality of paths through the nodes. As a user navigates through the electronic textbook, the user may be presented with a custom map of the electronic textbook. A path of traversal may be permanently stored.

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         19 . A system for presenting an interactive graphical user interface on a display for navigating an electronic book, comprising:
 a panorama module, configured to present in a first view (i) a panorama comprising a sequential plurality of features in a background layer of the first view, and (ii) one or more features, selected from the sequential plurality of features, to evoke acute-focus vision, in a foreground layer of the first view, wherein the one or more features presented in the foreground layer are enlarged from the panorama in the background layer; and   a context gatherer module, configured to present and highlight, simultaneously in a second view adjacent to the first view, one or more context features selected from a plurality of context features, wherein the one or more context features correspond to the one or more features displayed in the foreground layer in the first view, wherein the plurality of context features correspond to intermediary connections between the sequential plurality of features in the panorama.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the panorama module is configured to present the first view on a first display and wherein the context gatherer module is configured to present the second view on a second display different from the first display. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 19 , further comprising a control panel module configured to display a plurality of sequence events, wherein a sequence event of the plurality of sequence events corresponds to a feature of the plurality of features or a step between two features of the plurality of features. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the plurality of sequences are displayed as a tabular grid. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the sequence event corresponds to a panorama event presented on the first view. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the panorama event comprises highlighting of the feature in the foreground layer of the first view. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the sequential plurality of features are further arranged in a plurality of clusters of features. 
     
     
         26 . A method for presenting an interactive graphical user interface on a display for navigating an electronic book, comprising:
 (a) presenting, in a first view, by a panorama module, (i) a panorama comprising a sequential plurality of features in a background layer of the first view, and (ii) one or more features, selected from the sequential plurality of features, to evoke acute-focus vision, in a foreground layer of the first view, wherein the one or more features presented in the foreground layer are enlarged from the panorama in the background layer; and   (b) presenting and highlighting, by a context gatherer module, simultaneously in a second view adjacent to the first view, one or more context features selected from a plurality of context features, wherein the one or more context features correspond to the one or more features displayed in the foreground layer in the first view, wherein the plurality of context features correspond to intermediary connections between the sequential plurality of features in the panorama.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 26 , wherein the panorama module presents the first view on a first display and wherein the context gatherer module presents the second view on a second display different from the first display. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 26 , further comprising displaying, by a control panel module, a plurality of sequence events, wherein a sequence event of the plurality of sequence events corresponds to a feature of the plurality of features or a step between two features of the plurality of features. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein the plurality of sequences are displayed as a tabular grid. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein the sequence event corresponds to a panorama event presented on the first view. 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the panorama event comprises highlighting of the feature in the foreground layer of the first view. 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 26 , wherein the sequential plurality of features are further arranged in a plurality of clusters of features.