CN113568546A

CN113568546A - Electronic book reading method, terminal and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN113568546A
Application number: CN202110865643.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈新港; 成湘均
Original assignee: Zhangyue Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ireader Technology Co Ltd; Zhangyue Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-29
Filing date: 2021-07-29
Publication date: 2021-10-29

Abstract

The invention relates to a reading method of an electronic book, a terminal and a storage medium. The method for reading the electronic book applied to the first client comprises the following steps: displaying a target operation interface, wherein the target operation interface comprises a first control corresponding to a first shared reading group; detecting a first user trigger operation on a first control; and when the triggering operation of the first user is detected, displaying an electronic book shared content interface, wherein the electronic book shared content interface is used for displaying electronic book content information authorized to be displayed by a second client corresponding to the first shared reading group. According to the embodiment of the invention, the user can read the content of the electronic book together with the book friends on line, so that a reading mode of an on-line reading meeting is provided for the electronic book, and the flexibility, richness and interestingness of reading the electronic book are improved.

Description

Electronic book reading method, terminal and storage medium

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a method, a terminal, and a storage medium for reading an electronic book.

Background

For physical book reading, one can organize offline co-reading or seating sessions to organize book friends interested in the same book content together for co-reading and to communicate insights and insights into the book content on-site in real time.

With the popularization of smart devices, electronic books are becoming the mainstream form of reading for the public. It is also desirable to have book friends co-read for book content of interest, as well as an offline reading or seating conversation when reading an e-book. However, the conventional e-book reading mode is relatively single in curing, and cannot be provided.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problem that the flexibility of the reading mode of the electronic book is low, the invention provides a reading method, a terminal and a medium of the electronic book.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for reading an electronic book applied to a first client, including:

displaying a target operation interface, wherein the target operation interface comprises a first control corresponding to a first shared reading group;

detecting a first user trigger operation on a first control;

and when the triggering operation of the first user is detected, displaying an electronic book shared content interface, wherein the electronic book shared content interface is used for displaying electronic book content information authorized to be displayed by a second client corresponding to the first shared reading group.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides a method for reading an electronic book applied to a second client, including:

detecting a third user-triggered operation on the first control;

when detecting that a third user triggers operation, acquiring electronic book content information authorized to be displayed;

and sending the content information of the electronic book, so that the first client corresponding to the first shared reading group displays an electronic book shared content interface containing the content information of the electronic book.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides a terminal for application to a first client, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the processor to:

detecting a first user trigger operation on a first control;

In a fourth aspect, the present invention provides a terminal for application to a second client, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the processor to:

detecting a third user-triggered operation on the first control;

In a fifth aspect, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program causes the processor to implement the method for reading an electronic book described in the first aspect or the second aspect.

The method, the terminal and the medium for reading the electronic book provided by the embodiment of the invention can display a target operation interface containing the first control corresponding to the first shared reading group, detect the first user trigger operation on the first control, and display an electronic book shared content interface containing electronic book content information authorized to be displayed when the first user trigger operation is detected, so that a user can read the electronic book content together with book friends on line, thereby providing a reading mode of an on-line common reading meeting for the electronic book, improving the flexibility of electronic book reading, improving the richness and interest of electronic book reading, and further improving the user experience of the user in reading the electronic book.

Drawings

The above and other features, advantages and aspects of various embodiments of the present invention will become more apparent by referring to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference numbers refer to the same or similar elements. It should be understood that the drawings are schematic and that elements and features are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reading an electronic book applied to a first client according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a first control according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3(a) is a schematic diagram of a target operation interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3(b) is a schematic diagram of another target operation interface provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another target operation interface provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another method for reading an electronic book applied to a first client according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating reading group information of a target shared reading group according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reading an electronic book applied to a second client according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another method for reading an electronic book applied to a second client according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While certain embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, but rather are provided for a more thorough and complete understanding of the present invention. It should be understood that the drawings and the embodiments of the present invention are illustrative only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that the various steps recited in the method embodiments of the present invention may be performed in a different order and/or performed in parallel. Moreover, method embodiments may include additional steps and/or omit performing the illustrated steps. The scope of the invention is not limited in this respect.

The term "include" and variations thereof as used herein are open-ended, i.e., "including but not limited to". The term "based on" is "based, at least in part, on". The term "one embodiment" means "at least one embodiment"; the term "another embodiment" means "at least one additional embodiment"; the term "some embodiments" means "at least some embodiments". Relevant definitions for other terms will be given in the following description.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like in the present invention are only used for distinguishing different devices, modules or units, and are not used for limiting the order or interdependence relationship of the functions performed by the devices, modules or units.

It is noted that references to "a", "an", and "the" modifications in the present invention are intended to be illustrative rather than limiting, and that those skilled in the art will recognize that reference to "one or more" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

The names of messages or information exchanged between devices in the embodiments of the present invention are for illustrative purposes only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the messages or information.

Currently, the more popular electronic books only provide the readable electronic book contents and some comment information of the contents to the user, and the comment information is collected in different time dimensions. For example, the comment information displayed by the electronic book may be many years ago for a certain focused content (important content or content that is much interesting to the reader) in the electronic book. Such an electronic book reading method cannot enable a user to obtain rich reading experience like an offline common reading meeting or a seating meeting, so that the flexibility of electronic book reading is poor.

Based on the above situation, embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a terminal, and a medium for reading an electronic book, so as to implement an online co-reading conference for the electronic book, so that a user can conveniently read the interested content of the electronic book on line together with a book friend, thereby improving flexibility, richness, and interest of reading the electronic book.

The method for reading the electronic book provided by the embodiment of the invention is mainly suitable for a scene that a plurality of people read the content of the same electronic book through electronic equipment of the people. The method for reading an electronic book provided by the embodiment of the invention can be executed by a device for reading an electronic book, the device can be realized by software and/or hardware, and the device can be integrated in an electronic device capable of providing an electronic book reading function. The electronic device may include, but is not limited to, a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a notebook computer, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PAD (tablet), a PMP (portable multimedia player), a vehicle-mounted terminal (e.g., a car navigation terminal), a wearable device, etc., and a stationary terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, a smart home device, etc.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a method for reading an electronic book applied to a first client according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic book reading method applied to the first client is mainly suitable for the situation that reading users with the authority of participating in the shared reading group read the electronic book contents together through the electronic equipment. The first client is an e-book reading client corresponding to a reading user having the right to participate in the shared reading group. Referring to fig. 1, the method for reading an electronic book applied to a first client specifically includes:

and S110, displaying a target operation interface, wherein the target operation interface comprises a first control corresponding to the first shared reading group.

The target operation interface is an interface used for displaying relevant information of the shared reading group to the reading user, and at least provides the reading user with an entrance for entering the first shared reading group. A shared reading group is a group of multiple reading users for sharing the content of an electronic book, which may be, for example, an online co-reading book conference. The first shared reading group is a shared reading group which has already finished various settings (such as reading users, reading subjects and the like) and is in an on-going state, and can be directly selected by the reading users to participate in the common reading. The first control is a control for controlling access to a shared reading interface of the ebook content (i.e., an ebook shared content interface) by the target user interface.

Specifically, the electronic device displays a target operation interface containing a first control corresponding to the first shared reading group, so that a reading user can enter an electronic book shared content interface through a triggering operation on the first control.

In some embodiments, the first control includes a theme option control corresponding to the first shared reading group, and the display text in the theme option control may be information characterizing the first shared reading group, for example, the reading theme of the first shared reading group. The setting of the theme option control can enable a reading user to know the reading theme of each shared reading group through the display text in the control, and provide literal guide information for the reading user.

In other embodiments, the first control includes a thumbnail control corresponding to the first shared reading group. The thumbnail control is used for previewing the organization form of the shared reading group, such as the number of reading users which can be accommodated by the shared reading group, the number of participating reading users, the number of reading users with different rights in the shared reading group, the distribution form of the reading users, the cover of the shared reading book and the like. These display icons have only a display function and no interoperation function. The setting of the thumbnail control facilitates the user to know the current situation of the shared reading group more intuitively, so that more guide information is provided for the reading user to choose to participate in the shared reading group.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first control provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2, the entire circular area represents the first control 200 of the first shared reading group, and the first control 200 is a thumbnail control of the first shared reading group. Wherein 8 blank squares 201 distributed along the circular edge represent the positions of 8 reading users in the first shared reading group, and 1 black square 202 in the center represents the position of another reading user in the first shared reading group or the book cover or the reading subject. It should be understood that fig. 2 is only one example of thumbnails of the first shared reading group, and does not impose any limitation on the scope of functionality and use of embodiments of the present invention, for example, circular areas, squares, etc. in the thumbnail control 200 may be replaced with other shapes or styles.

In still other embodiments, the first control includes a theme options control and a thumbnail control to further provide more guidance to the reading user.

In still other embodiments, the first control includes a second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group and a plurality of first seat controls. Wherein the seat control is a control that characterizes a position of the reading user in the shared reading group. The first seat control characterizes a seat control in the first shared reading group that has permission to participate in the shared reading group. The second as a control characterizes a seat control in the first shared reading group having authority to manage the shared reading group. Because there may be one reading user with the authority to manage the shared reading group and several reading accompanying users with the authority to participate in the shared reading group in the first shared reading group, there are one second seat control and several first seat controls in the first control. This allows for a differentiated display of reading users of different rights in the first shared reading group so that the reading users select the seat control of interest to participate in the first shared reading group.

With continued reference to fig. 2, by arranging the blocks in the first control 200 as interactable controls, 8 blocks 201 distributed along the circular edge may represent 8 first seat controls, and the central 1 block 202 may represent 1 second seat control. In some application scenarios, the second seat control may represent a reading-following user in an online co-reading session, while the respective first seat controls may represent reading-following users in the online co-reading session.

Alternatively, S110 may be implemented as: and displaying a plurality of preset controls in the target operation interface, wherein the plurality of preset controls comprise a first control. And the preset control is a control corresponding to the shared reading group. Specifically, a plurality of reading sharing groups may be displayed in the target operation interface, where the reading sharing groups include a first reading sharing group, and correspondingly, the preset controls include a first control. Therefore, the user can more comprehensively know the information of each shared reading group, and richer and more detailed information is provided for the reading user to select the shared reading group, so that the efficiency of selecting the shared reading group by the reading user is further improved.

In an example, the first control is a theme options control. See fig. 3(a) for a schematic view of the target operation interface. As shown in fig. 3(a), a target operation interface 301 is displayed in the electronic device 300, and a plurality of shared reading group themes 302 are displayed in the target operation interface 301. The reading group sharing themes 302 may be arranged in a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, or an array, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In another example, the first control is a seat control. See fig. 4 for a schematic illustration of the target operation interface. As shown in fig. 4, at least 7 reading sharing groups are displayed in the target operation interface 401 of the electronic device 400, and each reading sharing group includes a corresponding preset control 402. Each preset control 402 may contain controls for reading subject and other functions of the corresponding shared reading group. For example, for the first shared reading group of "theme 1", the corresponding preset control 402 contains the reading theme 403 and the first control 404, and the first control 404 contains 8 first seat controls 4041 and 1 second seat control 4042.

Optionally, when the first control includes a second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group and a plurality of first seat controls, a shared reading group selection interface is displayed before the target operation interface, where the shared reading group selection interface includes a plurality of shared reading group options, and the shared reading group options may be displayed as the theme option control or the thumbnail control. Then, when the trigger operation of the target shared reading group option corresponding to the first shared reading group in the multiple shared reading group options is detected, the shared reading group selection interface jumps to the target operation interface. The target operation interface only displays a first control corresponding to the first shared reading group.

For example, the shared reading group selection interface is displayed in the display style shown in fig. 3 (a). The theme option control of "shared reading group theme" (. 1, 2, 3 …) displayed therein represents the shared reading group option in the shared reading group selection interface. After the reading user selects the sharing reading group option "sharing reading group subject 1" corresponding to the first sharing reading group, the sharing reading group selection interface jumps to the target operation interface, and the display effect of the target operation interface is shown in fig. 3 (b). In fig. 3(b), a first control 302 corresponding to the first shared reading group and a reading subject 303 of the first shared reading group are displayed in the target operation interface 301 of the electronic device 300. The first control 302 includes 1 second seat control 3021 and 8 first seat controls 3022. In the subsequent process, the reading user may enter the electronic book shared content interface through the triggering operation of the first seat control 3022 to collectively read the electronic book content information.

Optionally, the first shared reading group in the target operation interface may be preset, or may be determined by personalized recommendation according to behavior data of the reading user.

In some embodiments, the first shared reading group in the target operation interface is a shared reading group preset by the server, so that the first shared reading groups displayed by different first clients are the same.

In other embodiments, the first shared reading group in the target operation interface is determined by the server based on the historical behavior data (i.e. historical user behavior data) of the reading user, so that the first shared reading group displayed by different first clients may be different, and the first shared reading group displayed in each first client is more suitable for the preference of the reading user, thereby increasing the exposure rate and click rate of the first shared reading group.

Illustratively, before displaying the target operation interface, the electronic device acquires historical user behavior data; and determining a first shared reading group according to the historical user behavior data.

Wherein the historical user behavior data at least comprises at least one of historical booking behavior data and historical participation behavior data. The historical reservation behavior data refers to behavior data of a reading user who has reserved the shared reading group, such as shared reading group information, reservation times, reservation time and the like of the reserved shared reading group. The historical participation behavior data refers to behavior data of the reading user participating in the shared reading group once, such as shared reading group information, participation times, participation time and the like of the participating shared reading group.

Specifically, the electronic device obtains historical user behavior data of a current reading user or a plurality of reading users (which may include the current reading user), and determines the first shared reading group by analyzing the historical user behavior data.

For example, the electronic device analyzes shared reading group information related to historical user behavior data of a current reading user, determines at least one item of information of a subject of a shared reading group preferred by the current reading user, a shared reading time of the shared reading group, a reading user of the shared reading group, and the like, and then determines a shared reading group which may be interested by the current reading user from the un-started shared reading group as a first shared reading group.

Taking the reading time as an example, if the current reading user prefers to participate in the shared reading group at about 15:00, the shared reading group starting at the time slot is screened out to determine the first shared reading group. If the end time of the registered shared reading group of the current reading user is 16:00, the shared reading group starting after 16:15 is screened out to determine a first shared reading group.

For another example, the electronic device analyzes historical user behavior data of book friends in the shared reading group that the current reading user participated in, determines other shared reading groups that the book friends participated in after the same shared reading group is ended, and determines the first shared reading group according to the other shared reading groups.

It should be noted that, in addition to displaying the first shared reading group, at least a recommended book may be displayed in the target operation interface. At this time, the display proportions of the first shared reading group and the recommended books in the target operation interface need to be determined according to the historical behavior data of the current reading user.

For example, if the current reading user has been registered or joined the multiple shared reading groups on the same day, the number of the first shared reading groups is appropriately decreased in the target operation interface, and the number of the recommended books is increased. For another example, if the current reading user has a preference of participating in the shared reading group, but the current reading user does not reserve, register and participate in the shared reading group on the same day, the number of the first shared reading group is appropriately increased in the target operation interface, and the number of the recommended books is decreased.

Returning to fig. 1, the description of S120 is continued by detecting a first user-triggered operation on the first control.

The first user trigger operation is a trigger operation of selecting the first control. The trigger operation may be a click operation, or may be a non-contact selection trigger operation such as voice control, gesture control, eye movement control, or the like.

Specifically, if the reading user wants to enter the first shared reading group for electronic book shared reading, the reading user triggers the first control. Therefore, the electronic device can detect whether the first user triggering operation on the first control exists in the target operation page. If not, the detection is continued. If so, S130 is performed.

In some embodiments, where the first control includes a second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group and a plurality of first seat controls, the first user-triggered operation includes a user-triggered operation on any one of the first seat controls corresponding to the first shared reading group. Specifically, the first client is an e-book reading client having the permission to participate in the shared reading group, so that the reading user can only select the first seat control having the permission to participate in the shared reading group. Accordingly, the first trigger operation is a trigger operation on any one of the first seat controls included in the first control.

In some embodiments, the first seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group is configured to be in an idle state or an occupied state, and the second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group is configured to be in an occupied state.

Wherein, the idle state refers to a state which is not selected by any reading user and indicates that the corresponding seat control can be triggered to be selected. An occupancy state refers to a state that has been selected by a reading user, indicating that the corresponding seat control can no longer be triggered to select.

Specifically, the first shared reading group is a perfect shared reading group, and the reading user of the perfect shared reading group has determined that the second seat control with the authority of managing the shared reading group corresponding to the first shared reading group is configured to be in the occupied state. However, the first seat control in the first shared reading group is triggerably selectable by the reading user, so the first seat control is configurable to be in an idle state. Meanwhile, before the current reading user enters the first shared reading group, other reading users may trigger a first seat control to enter the first shared reading group, and at this time, the first seat control cannot be triggered to be selected any more, so that the first seat control is configured to be in an occupied state. This facilitates the reading user in selecting the appropriate seat control to participate in the first shared reading group.

It should be understood that the display pattern corresponding to the occupied state and the display pattern corresponding to the idle state are mutually exclusive, as long as the two can be distinguished, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the display patterns.

With continued reference to fig. 4, the status of different seat controls are displayed in the first controls 402 corresponding to the first shared reading group for "subject 1", "subject 2", "subject 5", and "subject 6". For example, the second seat control 4042 in the center position of the circle in the first control 402 corresponding to "theme 1" is displayed in an occupied state (displayed with a filled cross bar), and the 8 first seat controls 4041 at the edges of the circle are each displayed in an idle state (displayed with a blank space). For another example, in the first control 402 corresponding to "theme 2", 1 second seat control and 8 first seat controls are all displayed in an occupied state, that is, the first shared reading group corresponding to "theme 2" is already assembled, and no more reading users can be added. As another example, for the first controls 402 corresponding to "theme 5" and "theme 6", 1 of the displayed second seat controls are all in the occupied state, while a portion of the 8 first seat controls are in the occupied state, and the remaining portion of the first seat controls are in the idle state.

Accordingly, upon displaying the state of the seat control, S120 may be implemented as: a first user-triggered operation is detected based on a first seat control in an idle state corresponding to a first shared reading group. Specifically, the electronic device only detects the first user trigger operation for the first seat control in the first shared reading group that is displayed in the idle state, and does not detect the operation of the first seat control in the occupied state any more, so that an invalid detection process can be avoided, and the detection efficiency of the first user trigger operation is improved.

In some embodiments, upon displaying the state of the seat controls, if a first control in the target operator interface includes a thumbnail control, a thumbnail in the thumbnail control may also display the occupied state or the idle state of the second seat control and the respective first seat controls, respectively. By the arrangement, the reading user can see the personnel participation condition before entering the first shared reading group, so that the user can consider the number of participants when selecting the first shared reading group, and the user experience is further improved.

Returning to fig. 1, continuing to describe S130, when the first user trigger operation is detected, an electronic book shared content interface is displayed, where the electronic book shared content interface is used to display electronic book content information authorized to be displayed by the second client corresponding to the first shared reading group.

The second client is an electronic book reading client with the authority of managing the first shared reading group, and the corresponding reading user is a reading leading user. In some embodiments, where the first control includes a second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group and a plurality of first seat controls, the second client is a client associated with the second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group. I.e., the client that caused the second seat control to be in the occupied state is the second client.

Specifically, when the electronic device detects that a first user of the first control triggers operation, the target operation interface jumps to the electronic book shared content interface, and the electronic book content information is displayed in the electronic book shared content interface. Because the second client has the right to manage the first shared reading group, and the first client only has the right to participate in the first shared reading group, the e-book content information displayed in the e-book shared content interface of the electronic device corresponding to the first client needs to be the information authorized to be displayed by the second client, and the information unauthorized to be displayed by the second client cannot be displayed.

In some embodiments, the ebook content information includes at least ebook content for shared reading. In an example, the ebook content information is all ebook content to be shared in the first shared reading group, and may be, for example, a whole book. In another example, the ebook content information is a part of ebook content authorized to be presented during the process of the first shared reading group, for example, a part of chapters or subsections in the whole book that can be currently read by a plurality of reading users in common.

The electronic book reading scheme applied to the first client can display a target operation interface containing a first control corresponding to a first shared reading group, detect a first user trigger operation on the first control, and display an electronic book shared content interface containing electronic book content information authorized to be displayed when the first user trigger operation is detected, so that a user can read electronic book content together with book friends on line, thereby providing a reading mode of an on-line common reading meeting for the electronic book, improving the flexibility of electronic book reading, improving the richness and interest of electronic book reading, and further improving the user experience of the user in reading the electronic book.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another method for reading an electronic book applied to a first client according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 5, the method for reading an electronic book applied to a first client specifically includes:

and S501, displaying a target operation interface.

And S502, if the target operation interface further comprises a second control corresponding to the second shared reading group, detecting a second user trigger operation on the second control.

The second shared reading group is a shared reading group which has completed various settings and can be directly selected by various reading users to participate in the settings to read the electronic book together, but has not yet started. The second shared reading group may also be determined based on historical user behavior data. The second control is a control for triggering the reservation participation of the shared reading group. The second control may include a preset reservation control, or may include a first seat control of the first control. The second user trigger operation is a trigger operation of selecting the second control. The trigger operation may be a click operation, or may be a non-contact selection trigger operation such as voice control, gesture control, eye movement control, or the like.

Specifically, if the second client sets the appointment function and the start time of the second shared reading group, the second shared reading group and the corresponding second control thereof are correspondingly displayed in the target operation interface displayed by the electronic device. Then, the electronic device detects whether the reading user performs a trigger operation on the second control, that is, detects a second user trigger operation of the second control.

With continued reference to fig. 4, for the second shared reading group of "theme 7", the corresponding preset control 402 at least includes a reading theme 403 of the second shared reading group and a second control 405, and the second control 405 is displayed as an appointment control including an "appointment" text prompt, which may be displayed as an associated icon including an "appointment" identifier. Therefore, the reading user can more intuitively know the states of the shared reading groups in progress, not yet started and the like in the target operation interface, so that the reading user can more freely determine the shared reading group which the reading user wants to participate in.

As another example, when the first shared reading group corresponding to a certain reading topic does not reach the starting time, it may also provide the reservation function, and at this time, the first shared reading group is the second shared reading group. Before the first shared reading group corresponding to "subject 1" in fig. 4 starts, any of the first seat controls 4041 of the first controls 404 can be used as the second control having the reservation function. When the reading user triggers one of the first seat controls 4041, the electronic device may perform the operation of S503. It should be appreciated that, in the case of this example, the 8 first seat controls 4041 in the first shared reading group corresponding to "subject 1" are all displayed in an idle state.

Returning to fig. 5, continuing to describe S503, when the second user trigger operation is detected, an electronic book sharing reservation interface is displayed, where the electronic book sharing reservation interface is used to reserve to join the second shared reading group.

Specifically, when the electronic device detects that the second user triggers the operation, the target operation interface jumps to an electronic book sharing reservation interface, and the electronic book sharing reservation interface provides a reservation function. The reading user can reserve to participate in the second electronic book sharing reading group through the related control in the electronic book sharing reservation interface.

Optionally, in a case that the reading user performs a reservation operation to join the second shared reading group, the electronic device may perform at least one reminding operation on the reading user within a set time period between the start of the second shared reading group, or automatically display the e-book shared content interface or automatically display an entry into the e-book shared content interface when the start time of the second shared reading group is reached.

Optionally, the second control may also provide functionality to display appointment details of the second shared reading group (e.g., appointment time, and reading group information for reading subject, reading user, participating reading users, etc.). Then, the electronic device may display the appointment details of the second shared reading group upon detecting a second user-triggered operation of the second control. Therefore, the reading user can know the detailed information of the second shared reading group in advance, and the propaganda degree of reading books can be increased to a certain extent.

For example, the reservation details may be displayed in the form of a floating window in the target operational interface prior to jumping to the electronic book sharing reservation interface. Therefore, the reading user can know the detailed information of the second sharing reading group before entering the electronic book sharing reservation interface, so that whether the jump triggering operation of the subsequent electronic book sharing reservation interface is carried out or not is determined, useless triggering operation is avoided to a certain extent, and the user experience is further improved.

For another example, after jumping to the electronic book sharing reservation interface, the reservation details may be displayed in a certain display area of the electronic book sharing reservation interface; alternatively, a floating window is created in the electronic book sharing reservation interface to display reservation details and the like. Therefore, the reading user can know the detailed information of the second shared reading group before making a reservation, and wrong reservation is avoided.

S504, checking operation of the target sharing reading group included in the target operation interface is detected.

The target shared reading group is a shared reading group of the reading group information to be viewed, and may be a first shared reading group or a second shared reading group. The reading group information may be at least one of reading user information of the target shared reading group, a common reading progress of the target shared reading group, and a common reading time of the target shared reading group. The reading user information can be information such as the number of users participating in the target shared reading group, a nickname of the user and the like. The common reading progress can be the current progress of the e-book common reading, such as chapter information, progress percentage and other information. The common reading time refers to time information of the common reading of the electronic book, such as total reading time, elapsed time, remaining time and other information.

Specifically, the preset control of the shared reading group in the target operation interface further includes a control or a function for displaying reading group information. For example, an independent control is added to the preset controls to trigger the display of the reading group information; or the function of triggering the display of the reading group information can be integrated in the existing control of the preset control. When the reading user triggers the corresponding control in the target operation interface, the electronic device can detect the viewing operation of the target shared reading group. The viewing operation may be a click operation, or may be a non-contact selection trigger operation such as voice control, gesture control, eye movement control, or the like.

With continued reference to fig. 4, for the first shared reading group of "topic 6", the functionality that displays the reading group information is integrated in the reading topic 403 or the first control 404 in the preset control 402. When the reading user clicks the reading theme 403 or the first control 404, the electronic device detects a viewing operation of the first shared reading group.

Returning to fig. 5, continuing to describe S505, when the viewing operation is detected, a shared reading group information interface for displaying reading group information of the target shared reading group is displayed.

Specifically, when the electronic device detects a viewing operation, the electronic device displays a shared reading group information interface, and displays reading group information of a target shared reading group in the shared reading group information interface. The shared reading group information interface can be a new interface, an interface corresponding to a floating window in the target operation interface, or a peripheral area in the target operation interface.

With continued reference to fig. 4, the reading user performs a click trigger operation on a reading theme 403 in the preset control 402 of the first shared reading group corresponding to the "theme 6" in the target operation interface 401. After the electronic device detects the viewing operation of the first shared reading group, the reading group information of the first shared reading group is displayed, and the display effect is shown in fig. 6. In fig. 6, a plurality of preset controls 602 are displayed in a target operation interface 601 displayed by an electronic device 600, and a floating window 603 is displayed in the target operation interface 601, where reading group information of a first shared reading group corresponding to "subject 6" is displayed in the floating window 603. When the reading user wants to return to review the preset controls 602, the floating window 603 is only closed. Therefore, the user can conveniently and quickly know the reading group information of each shared reading group, and the efficiency of selecting the interested shared reading group by the user is improved. In addition, the way of displaying reading group information can also improve the propaganda degree of books. For example, if the reading-leading user or the reading-accompanying user in the reading group information is a hot star or a big writer, or the e-book content is a hot book, the reading user can be attracted to enter the shared reading group, so that the publicity degree of the book is improved.

It should be noted that, when the function of displaying the reading group information is integrated in the existing control, the user triggering operation and the viewing operation need to be distinguished, so that the electronic device can execute the corresponding function when detecting the corresponding triggering operation.

Returning to fig. 5, the description of S506 is continued by detecting a first user-triggered operation on the first control.

And S507, when the first user trigger operation is detected, displaying an electronic book shared content interface.

And S508, receiving first user input information.

The first user input information refers to information input into the first client by a reading user corresponding to the first client, and may be, for example, comment content input by the reading user during the process of sharing the reading group. The first user input information may be at least one of text, voice, image, and video.

Specifically, after the electronic device displays the e-book shared content interface, the reading users may read or discuss the e-book content together, in the process, the reading users may input first user input information of the e-book content through the electronic device, and the electronic device receives the first user input information.

In some embodiments, first user input information is received where a first client has information input permissions configured by a second client. Specifically, the first client has the authority to participate in the shared reading group, and operations which can be executed during the shared reading group process need to be authorized by the second client having the authority to manage the shared reading group. Therefore, the electronic device corresponding to the first client can receive the first user input information only when the second client configures the information input authority for the first client.

S509, sending the first user input information, so that the first user input information is synchronously displayed on each client corresponding to the first shared reading group.

Specifically, after receiving the first user input information, the electronic device sends the first user input information to the second client and each first client corresponding to the first shared reading group. After receiving the first user input information, each client can synchronously display the first user input information.

The above-mentioned manner of sending information between the clients may be:

and directly sending the first user input information to other clients except the current first client corresponding to the first shared reading group through near field communication modes such as Bluetooth and the like. The information sending mode is suitable for the situation that the clients are close to each other.

And the server synchronously sends the first user input information to each client corresponding to the first shared reading group. The information sending mode is suitable for the condition that all the clients are accessed to the network.

S510, detecting whether the content information of the electronic book to be updated exists.

The information of the e-book content to be updated refers to information corresponding to the newly unlocked new e-book content which is authorized by the reading accompanying user through the second client to be read together in the process of sharing the reading group.

Specifically, in the case where the first shared reading group is set to be segmented, only a part of currently readable electronic book content and its comment content can be displayed at a time in the electronic book shared content interface. Therefore, after sharing of the displayed partial e-book content information is finished, the second client needs to authorize the first client to display the e-book content information to be updated. Therefore, the electronic device corresponding to the first client may detect whether the electronic book content information to be updated sent by the second client is received. If not, detection continues. If detected, S511 is performed.

And S511, when the electronic book content information to be updated is detected to exist, updating the electronic book shared content interface based on the electronic book content information to be updated.

Specifically, when the electronic device detects that the to-be-updated electronic book content information sent by the second client is received, the to-be-updated electronic book content information is updated and displayed in the electronic book shared content interface. For example, the electronic device directly replaces the displayed electronic book content information in the electronic book shared content interface with the electronic book content information to be updated. For another example, the electronic device additionally displays the e-book content information to be updated after the e-book content information already displayed in the e-book shared content interface.

The execution sequence of S502 to S503 and S504 to S505 is not limited, and S504 to S505 may be executed first and then S502 to S503 as long as it is executed between S501 and S506. Similarly, the execution order of S508 to S509 and S510 to S511 is not limited, and S510 to S511 may be executed first and then S508 to S509 as long as they are executed after S507.

The reading scheme of the electronic book applied to the first client detects whether the content information of the electronic book to be updated exists; when the electronic book content information to be updated is detected to exist, the electronic book shared content interface is updated based on the electronic book content information to be updated, so that the newly unlocked electronic book content information is displayed, and the segmented shared reading of the first shared reading group is realized. Checking operation of a target sharing reading group included in a target operation interface is detected; and when the viewing operation is detected, displaying a shared reading group information interface, wherein the shared reading group information interface is used for displaying the reading group information of the target shared reading group. The display of reading group information is realized, the user can know the shared reading group, redundant operation can be avoided to a certain extent, and the propaganda strength of books can be improved. By receiving first user input information; and sending the first user input information to enable each client corresponding to the first shared reading group to synchronously display the first user input information. Synchronous display of comment contents input by a reading user is achieved, so that the reading user can obtain discussion information about the contents of the electronic book like an offline reading meeting or an interview meeting, and the co-reading participation feeling of the user is improved. When the target operation interface further comprises a second control corresponding to a second shared reading group, detecting a second user trigger operation on the second control; and when the triggering operation of the second user is detected, displaying an electronic book sharing reservation interface, wherein the electronic book sharing reservation interface is used for reserving and joining the second sharing reading group. The reservation of the shared reading group is realized, the method is not limited to the instant co-reading of the content of the electronic book, and the flexibility of the reading mode of the electronic book is further improved.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a reading method applied to an electronic book of a second client according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for reading the electronic book applied to the second client is mainly suitable for the situation that the reading users who have the authority of managing the shared reading group read the content of the electronic book and set the related information of the shared reading group together through the electronic equipment. The second client is an e-book reading client corresponding to a reading user having the authority to manage the shared reading group. The same steps or terms as those in the above embodiments in the reading method of the electronic book applied to the second client are not described again. If not specifically stated, the execution main body in this embodiment refers to the electronic device corresponding to the second client, and the reading user refers to a reading user (reading user) corresponding to the second client. Referring to fig. 7, the method for reading an electronic book applied to a second client specifically includes:

and S710, displaying a target operation interface, wherein the target operation interface comprises a first control corresponding to the first shared reading group.

And S720, detecting a third user trigger operation on the first control.

And the third user trigger operation is the trigger operation of selecting the first control. The trigger operation may be a click operation, or may be a non-contact selection trigger operation such as voice control, gesture control, eye movement control, or the like.

Specifically, when the first control is a theme option control and/or a thumbnail control corresponding to the first shared reading group, the electronic device detects that a third user triggers an operation on the theme option control or the thumbnail control.

When the first control includes a second seat control (the seat control associated with the second client) and a plurality of first seat controls, the third user-triggered operation includes a user-triggered operation of the second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group. That is, the reading user is the lead user in the first shared reading group, and when entering the first shared reading group, selects the second seat control with the right to manage the shared reading group. Accordingly, the electronic device detects a third user-triggered operation of the second seat control.

It should be noted that the reading user is the reading user corresponding to the second seat control, so that even if the second seat control is displayed in the occupied state, the reading user can still trigger the second seat control to enter the first shared reading group.

And S730, when detecting that a third user triggers operation, acquiring the e-book content information authorized to be displayed.

Specifically, when detecting a third trigger operation of the reading user on the first control, the electronic device may acquire electronic book content information authorized to be displayed by the reading user. The e-book content information authorized to be displayed may include the unlocked e-book content and its related information (e.g., user information of the first shared reading group, common reading time, etc.).

For example, the reading user has set the e-book content information authorized to be presented when creating the first shared reading group, and at this time, the electronic device may directly read the e-book content information authorized to be presented.

For another example, if the reading user does not set the e-book content information authorized to be displayed when creating the first shared reading group, the electronic device provides an interactive interface for setting the information, and the reading user inputs the related setting information through the interactive interface, so that the electronic device can receive the input setting information, and thereby obtain the e-book content information authorized to be displayed.

And S740, sending the content information of the electronic book, so that the first client corresponding to the first shared reading group displays an electronic book shared content interface containing the content information of the electronic book.

Specifically, after obtaining the e-book content information authorized to be displayed, the electronic device sends the e-book content information authorized to be displayed to each first client corresponding to the first shared reading group. Therefore, the electronic device corresponding to the first client can display an electronic book shared content interface containing the electronic book content information.

The manner of transmitting the e-book content information here is the same as the manner of transmitting the first user input information described above.

According to the reading scheme of the electronic book applied to the second client, a target operation interface is displayed, and the target operation interface comprises a first control corresponding to the first shared reading group; detecting a third user-triggered operation on the first control; when detecting that a third user triggers operation, acquiring electronic book content information authorized to be displayed; the method comprises the steps of sending the content information of the electronic book, enabling a first client corresponding to a first shared reading group to display an electronic book shared content interface containing the content information of the electronic book, enabling a user to read the content of the electronic book together with book friends on line, providing a reading mode of an on-line shared reading meeting for the electronic book, improving the flexibility of electronic book reading, improving the richness and interestingness of electronic book reading, and further improving the user experience of the user in reading the electronic book.

In some embodiments, the ebook content is segment-shared read, so the ebook content information authorized to be shown obtained in S730 is only information of part of the ebook content. Therefore, after the first clients display the part of the e-book content, the e-book reading method applied to the second client may also continue to unlock new e-book content information and transmit the new e-book content information. I.e., after S740, the method further includes: acquiring the content information of the electronic book to be updated; and sending the content information of the electronic book to be updated, so that the first client updates the shared content interface of the electronic book based on the content information of the electronic book to be updated.

Specifically, the electronic device provides an interactive interface for unlocking the content of the electronic book, and the electronic device can acquire the content information of the electronic book to be updated by unlocking new content information of the electronic book through the interactive interface by a reading user. Then, the electronic device sends the to-be-updated e-book content information to each first client, so that the first client updates the displayed e-book update content interface by using the to-be-updated e-book content information. Therefore, the newly unlocked electronic book content information can be displayed, and the segmented shared reading of the first shared reading group is realized.

In some embodiments, after S740, the electronic device displays an electronic book shared content interface for displaying electronic book content information. That is, after the electronic device sends the e-book content information to the first client, the e-book content information also needs to be displayed so that the reading user can perform shared reading. Similarly, after the electronic device sends the to-be-updated electronic book content information, the to-be-updated electronic book content information may also be updated and displayed in the electronic book shared content interface of the electronic device.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may simultaneously present the review content. Receiving first user input information after displaying the electronic book shared content interface, the first user input information being determined based on the first client; displaying the first user input information on an electronic book shared content interface.

Specifically, after receiving first user input information sent by each first client corresponding to the first shared reading group, the electronic device displays the first user input information on an electronic book shared content interface.

Alternatively, on the basis of the above embodiment, receiving the first user input information may be implemented as: acquiring information input authority setting information; and configuring information input permission for the first client according to the information input permission setting information. Specifically, before receiving the first user input information, the first client needs to acquire an information input right, which is set by the reading user through the second client. Therefore, the electronic equipment can read and obtain the preset information input authority setting information; the electronic device may also provide an authority setting interface for the reading user, and the reading user sets the information input authority of the first client through the authority setting interface, so that the electronic device obtains the information input authority setting information. The information input authority setting information may include information input authority in a common reading stage, and may also include information input authority in a communication discussion stage after reading. And then, the electronic equipment configures corresponding information input permission for each first client according to the information input permission setting information.

Further, the information input permission setting information includes an information input sequence and/or an information input duration of the first client. When the information input authority setting information includes the information input authority of the communication discussion phase, it may specifically include an utterance sequence of each first client in the communication discussion phase, that is, an information input sequence of the first client. In addition, the information input permission setting information may further include a speaking duration of each first client in the exchange discussion phase, that is, an information input duration of the first client. Of course, the information input permission setting information may also include the information input sequence and the information input duration of the first client at the same time. Therefore, the reading user can control the whole progress of the shared reading group, real-time comment content can be obtained, the flexibility of reading the electronic book and the timeliness of the comment content shared by the electronic book are further improved, and the user experience is further improved.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another method for reading an electronic book applied to a second client according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 8, the method for reading an electronic book applied to a second client specifically includes:

s801, detecting the creation operation of the first shared reading group.

Wherein the create operation is a trigger operation to create a new shared reading group. The trigger operation may be a click operation, or may be a non-contact selection trigger operation such as voice control, gesture control, eye movement control, or the like.

In particular, if the reading user finds that an existing shared reading group is not of interest to him, the reading user may create a first shared reading group he desires, e.g., the reading user triggers an associated control displayed in the second client. At this time, the electronic device may detect a creation operation of the first shared reading group by the reading user.

S802, when the establishing operation is detected, reading group setting information of the first sharing reading group is obtained.

The reading group setting information refers to related information for setting the first shared reading group, for example, information for setting the number of users that can be accommodated in the first shared reading group, information of users to be read, books and reading subjects to be read together, common reading time, common discussion time, information input sequence and/or information input duration of each first client, and the like.

Specifically, after detecting the creating operation, the electronic device receives, through the provided interactive interface, reading group setting information of the first shared reading group input by the reading user.

And S803, sending the reading group setting information of the first shared reading group to the server, so that the server authenticates the first shared reading group based on the reading group setting information of the first shared reading group.

Specifically, the electronic device sends a shared reading group creation request to the server, where the creation request at least includes reading group setting information of the first shared reading group. And after receiving the creation request, the server authenticates the first shared reading group which is required to be created by the reading user, and sends an authentication result to the electronic equipment where the second client is located.

S804, under the condition that the first shared reading group passes the authentication, displaying a first control in the target operation interface.

Specifically, if the authentication result fed back by the server is that the first shared reading group passes the authentication, the electronic device may acquire the first shared reading group and display a first control corresponding to the first shared reading group in the target operation interface. If the authentication result fed back by the server side is that the first shared reading group is not authenticated, the electronic device cannot acquire the first shared reading group, and at this time, related suggestive information that the shared reading group is failed to be created can be displayed.

And S805, displaying a plurality of preset controls in the target operation interface, wherein the plurality of preset controls comprise a third control corresponding to a third shared reading group.

Wherein the third shared reading group is the first shared reading group which has been successfully created but has not completed the open setting. The third control is a control for triggering setting of the third shared reading group, and is the first control of the first shared reading group in the state of the third shared reading group.

Specifically, if the first shared reading group is in the creating process, the reading group setting information of the first shared reading group input by the reading user does not include complete information for setting the shared reading group, such as at least one of the necessary items of the reading user, the commonly read book, the reading subject, and the like is not set. Then, after the first shared reading group is created, it needs to be further set, so that the first shared reading group can be opened to each first client. At this time, the electronic device displays a plurality of preset controls in the target operation interface, where the plurality of preset controls at least include a third control corresponding to a third shared reading group.

And S806, detecting a fourth user trigger operation on the third control.

And the fourth user trigger operation is the selected trigger operation of the third control element. The trigger operation may be a click operation, or may be a non-contact selection trigger operation such as voice control, gesture control, eye movement control, or the like.

Specifically, the reading user sets the third shared reading group, and then triggers the third control, and at this time, the electronic device detects whether a fourth user triggering operation on the third control exists.

In some embodiments, when the third control is a theme option control and/or a thumbnail control corresponding to the third shared reading group, the electronic device detects that a fourth user triggers an operation on the theme option control or the thumbnail control.

In still other embodiments, when the third control contains a second seat control (the seat control associated with the second client) and a plurality of first seat controls (the seat controls associated with the first client) corresponding to the third shared reading group, the fourth user-triggered operation comprises a user-triggered operation of the second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group. That is, the reading user is a lead user in the third shared reading group who, upon entering the third shared reading group, selects the second seat control having the right to manage the shared reading group. Accordingly, the electronic device detects a fourth user-triggered operation of the second seat control.

With continued reference to fig. 4, for the third shared reading group of "theme 1", the fourth user-triggered operation comprises a user-triggered operation of a second seat control 4042 in the third control 404. It should be noted that the reading user is the reading user corresponding to the second seat control, so that even if the second seat control is displayed in the occupied state, the reading user can still trigger the second seat control, and thus enter the third shared reading group.

In still other embodiments, the second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group is configured to be in an idle state; then S806 is implemented as: detecting a fourth user-triggered operation based on a second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group in the idle state. That is, when the third shared reading group is created, the reading user is not set, and the second seat control is in the idle state, the electronic device detects a fourth user-triggered operation on the second seat control in the idle state.

With continued reference to fig. 4, for the third shared reading group of "subject 3" or "subject 4", the second seat control 4042 in its third control 402 is displayed in an idle state. At this point, the reading user can perform a fourth user-triggered operation on the second seat control 4042 to become the lead user in the third shared reading group for setting the shared reading group.

And S807, acquiring reading group setting information of a third shared reading group when the fourth user trigger operation is detected.

Specifically, when the electronic device detects the fourth user trigger operation, an interactive interface may be provided so that the reading user inputs reading group setting information, and then the electronic device acquires the reading group setting information for the third shared reading group.

And S808, updating the third shared reading group to the first shared reading group and updating the third control to the first control based on the reading group setting information of the third shared reading group.

Specifically, the electronic device performs related setting on the third shared reading group according to the reading group setting information of the third shared reading group, the set third shared reading group becomes the first shared reading group, and accordingly, the set third control becomes the first control.

In order to develop the first shared reading group for each first client, the electronic device may upload reading group setting information of the third shared reading group to the server, so that the server completes setting of the shared reading group according to the reading group setting information of the third shared reading group, thereby synchronously updating the third shared reading group and the third control element in each first client to the first shared reading group and the first control element respectively.

And S809, detecting a third user trigger operation on the first control.

And S810, when detecting that a third user triggers operation, acquiring the e-book content information authorized to be displayed.

S811, sending the content information of the electronic book, so that the first client corresponding to the first shared reading group displays an electronic book shared content interface containing the content information of the electronic book.

The reading scheme of the electronic book applied to the second user end is implemented by detecting a fourth user trigger operation on the third control; when detecting that a fourth user triggers operation, acquiring reading group setting information of a third shared reading group; based on the reading group setting information of the third shared reading group, the third shared reading group is updated to the first shared reading group, and the third control element is updated to the first control element, so that real-time interactive setting of the shared reading group by a reading user is realized, the setting is not required to be completely set when the shared reading group is created, the setting flexibility of the shared reading group is further improved, and the flexibility of the reading mode of the electronic book is further improved. Detecting a creating operation of a first shared reading group; when the establishing operation is detected, reading group setting information of a first shared reading group is obtained; sending the reading group setting information of the first shared reading group to the server, so that the server authenticates the first shared reading group based on the reading group setting information of the first shared reading group; and under the condition that the first shared reading group passes the authentication, displaying the first control in the target operation interface, and realizing that the reading user establishes the shared reading meeting by self, so that the autonomy of the reading user in using the shared reading group is increased, and the participation enthusiasm of the user is further improved.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a terminal, which can comprise a processor and a memory, wherein the memory can be used for storing executable instructions. The processor may be configured to read the executable instructions from the memory and execute the executable instructions to implement the steps of the method for reading an electronic book applied to the first client in the foregoing embodiments, or implement the steps of the method for reading an electronic book applied to the second client in the foregoing embodiments.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal 900 in the embodiment of the present invention may be the electronic device described above. It should be further noted that the terminal 900 shown in fig. 9 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of the application of the embodiments of the present invention.

The terminal 900 conventionally includes a processor 910 and a computer program product or computer-readable medium in the form of a memory 920. The memory 920 may be an electronic memory such as a flash memory, an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read only memory), an EPROM, a hard disk, or a ROM. The memory 920 has a storage space 921 for executable instructions (or program codes) 9211 for performing any method steps in the reading method of the electronic book described above. For example, the storage space 921 for executable instructions may include respective executable instructions 9211 for implementing various steps in the above reading method of an electronic book, respectively. The executable instructions may be read from or written to one or more computer program products. These computer program products comprise a program code carrier such as a hard disk, a Compact Disc (CD), a memory card or a floppy disk. Such computer program products are typically portable or fixed storage units. The storage unit may have a storage section or a storage space or the like arranged similarly to the memory 920 in the terminal 900 of fig. 9. The executable instructions may be compressed, for example, in a suitable form. In general, the memory unit comprises executable instructions for performing the steps of the reading method of an electronic book according to the invention, i.e. codes readable by a processor, such as the processor 910, for example, which when run by the terminal 900, cause the terminal 900 to perform the above described steps of the reading method applied to the electronic book of the first client or the reading method applied to the electronic book of the second client.

Of course, for the sake of simplicity, only some of the components of the terminal 900 relevant to the present invention are shown in fig. 9, and components such as a bus, input/output interfaces, input devices, and output devices, etc. are omitted. In addition, terminal 900 can include any other suitable components depending on the particular application.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer-readable storage medium, on which computer program instructions are stored, and when executed by a processor, the computer program instructions cause the processor to execute the steps of the method for reading an electronic book applied to a first client or the method for reading an electronic book applied to a second client provided by the embodiments of the present invention.

The computer-readable storage medium may take any combination of one or more readable media. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. A readable storage medium may include, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The computer readable medium may be embodied in the terminal; or may exist separately and not be assembled into the terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including but not limited to an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C + +, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

The invention discloses:

A1. a reading method of an electronic book is applied to a first client, and comprises the following steps:

detecting a first user-triggered operation on the first control;

A2. The method of A1, wherein, after the displaying the electronic book shared content interface, the method further comprises:

detecting whether the content information of the electronic book to be updated exists or not;

and when the electronic book content information to be updated is detected to exist, updating the electronic book shared content interface based on the electronic book content information to be updated.

A3. The method of A1, wherein, after the displaying the electronic book shared content interface, the method further comprises:

receiving first user input information;

and sending the first user input information to enable each client corresponding to the first shared reading group to synchronously display the first user input information.

A4. The method of a3, wherein the receiving first user input information includes:

and receiving the first user input information under the condition that the first client has the information input authority configured by the second client.

A5, the method according to A1, wherein the first controls include a plurality of first seat controls and a second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group, the first user-triggered operation includes a user-triggered operation on any one of the first seat controls corresponding to the first shared reading group, and the second client is a client associated with the second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group.

A6, the method according to A1 or A5, wherein the displaying a target operation interface includes:

and displaying a plurality of preset controls in the target operation interface, wherein the plurality of preset controls comprise the first control.

A7, the method of A5, wherein the first seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group is configured to be in an idle state or an occupied state, and the second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group is configured to be in the occupied state;

wherein the detecting a first user-triggered operation of the first control comprises:

detecting the first user-triggered operation based on a first seat control in the idle state corresponding to the first shared reading group.

A8, the method according to A1, wherein the target operation interface further includes a second control corresponding to a second shared reading group;

wherein after the displaying the target operation interface, the method further comprises:

detecting a second user-triggered operation on the second control;

and when the second user triggering operation is detected, displaying an electronic book sharing reservation interface, wherein the electronic book sharing reservation interface is used for reserving and joining the second sharing reading group.

A9, the method of A1 or A8, wherein after said displaying a target operation interface, the method further comprises:

detecting the viewing operation of a target sharing reading group included in the target operation interface;

and when the viewing operation is detected, displaying a shared reading group information interface, wherein the shared reading group information interface is used for displaying the reading group information of the target shared reading group.

A10, the method of A1, wherein, prior to the displaying a target operation interface, the method further comprises:

acquiring historical user behavior data;

and determining the first shared reading group according to the historical user behavior data.

B11, the method for reading the electronic book is applied to a second client, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

detecting a third user-triggered operation on the first control;

when detecting that the third user triggers operation, acquiring electronic book content information authorized to be displayed;

and sending the content information of the electronic book, so that a first client corresponding to the first shared reading group displays an electronic book shared content interface containing the content information of the electronic book.

B12, the method according to B11, wherein after the transmitting the E-book content information, the method further comprises:

acquiring the content information of the electronic book to be updated;

and sending the e-book content information to be updated, so that the first client updates the e-book shared content interface based on the e-book content information to be updated.

B13, the method according to B11, wherein after the transmitting the E-book content information, the method further comprises:

and displaying an electronic book sharing content interface, wherein the electronic book sharing content interface is used for displaying the electronic book content information.

B14, the method according to B13, wherein after the displaying the electronic book shared content interface, the method further comprises:

receiving first user input information, the first user input information determined based on the first client;

displaying the first user input information on the electronic book shared content interface.

B15, the method according to B14, wherein the first client has information input authority;

wherein the receiving first user input information comprises:

acquiring information input authority setting information;

and configuring the information input authority for the first client according to the information input authority setting information.

B16, the method according to B15, wherein the information input authority setting information includes information input sequence and/or information input duration of the first client.

B17, the method according to B11, wherein the target operation interface further comprises a third control corresponding to a third shared reading group;

wherein, prior to the detecting a third user-triggered operation of the first control, the method further comprises:

detecting a fourth user-triggered operation of the third control;

when the fourth user trigger operation is detected, reading group setting information of the third shared reading group is acquired;

updating the third shared reading group to the first shared reading group and updating the third control to the first control based on reading group setting information of the third shared reading group.

B18 and the method according to B17, wherein the third control includes a second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group and a plurality of first seat controls, the fourth user trigger operation includes a user trigger operation on the second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group, and the first client is a client associated with any one of the first seat controls corresponding to the third shared reading group.

B19, the method according to B17 or B18, wherein the displaying the target operation interface comprises:

and displaying a plurality of preset controls in the target operation interface, wherein the plurality of preset controls comprise the third control.

B20, the method of B18, wherein the second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group is configured to be in an idle state;

wherein the detecting a fourth user-triggered operation of the third control comprises:

detecting the fourth user-triggered operation based on a second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group in the idle state.

B21, the method according to B11, wherein before the displaying a target operation interface, the method further comprises:

detecting a creation operation of the first shared reading group;

when the establishing operation is detected, reading group setting information of the first shared reading group is obtained;

sending the reading group setting information of the first shared reading group to a server, so that the server authenticates the first shared reading group based on the reading group setting information of the first shared reading group;

wherein, the display target operation interface comprises:

and displaying the first control in the target operation interface under the condition that the first shared reading group is authenticated.

C22, a terminal for application to a first client, the terminal comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the processor to:

detecting a first user-triggered operation on the first control;

C23, the terminal of C22, the executable instructions further causing the processor, after the processor executes the display electronic book shared content interface, to:

C24, the terminal of C22, the executable instructions further causing the processor, after the processor executes the display electronic book shared content interface, to:

receiving first user input information;

C25, the terminal of C24, the executable instructions, when the processor performs the receiving first user input information, specifically cause the processor to:

And C26, the terminal according to C22, the first controls include a second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group and a plurality of first seat controls, the first user-triggered operation includes a user-triggered operation on any one of the first seat controls corresponding to the first shared reading group, and the second client is a client associated with the second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group.

C27, the terminal of claim C22 or C26, the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform in particular:

C28, the terminal of C26, the first seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group being configured to be in an idle state or an occupied state, the second seat control corresponding to the first shared reading group being configured to be in the occupied state;

wherein, when the processor performs the detecting the first user-triggered operation of the first control, the executable instructions specifically cause the processor to:

C29, according to the terminal of C22, the target operation interface further comprises a second control corresponding to a second shared reading group;

wherein, after the processor executes the display target operation interface, the executable instructions further cause the processor to:

detecting a second user-triggered operation on the second control;

C30, the terminal of either C22 or C29, the executable instructions further cause the processor, after the processor executes the display target operation interface, to:

C31, the terminal of C22, wherein the executable instructions, prior to the processor executing the display target operation interface, further cause the processor to:

acquiring historical user behavior data;

D32, a terminal for application to a second client, the terminal comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the processor to:

detecting a third user-triggered operation on the first control;

D33, the terminal of D32, wherein the executable instructions further cause the processor to, after the processor performs the sending the ebook content information:

acquiring the content information of the electronic book to be updated;

D34, the terminal of D32, wherein the executable instructions further cause the processor to, after the processor performs the sending the ebook content information:

D35, the terminal of D34 being configured such that, after the processor executes the display electronic book shared content interface, the executable instructions further cause the processor to:

D36, the terminal according to D35, the first client has information input authority;

wherein, when the processor executes the receiving the first user input information, the executable instructions specifically cause the processor to:

acquiring information input authority setting information;

D37, according to the terminal of D36, the information input permission setting information includes an information input sequence and/or an information input duration of the first client.

D38, according to the terminal of D32, the target operation interface further comprises a third control corresponding to a third shared reading group;

wherein, prior to the processor performing the detecting the third user-triggered operation of the first control, the executable instructions further cause the processor to:

detecting a fourth user-triggered operation of the third control;

D39, the terminal of D38, the third control comprising a plurality of first seat controls and a second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group, the fourth user-triggered operation comprising a user-triggered operation on the second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group, the first client being a client associated with any one of the first seat controls corresponding to the third shared reading group.

D40, the terminal of D38 or D39, the executable instructions specifically cause the processor to, when the processor executes the display target operation interface:

D41, the terminal of D39, the second seat control corresponding to the third shared reading group being configured to be in an idle state;

wherein, when the processor performs the fourth user-triggered operation of detecting the third control, the executable instructions specifically cause the processor to:

D42, the terminal of D32, the executable instructions further causing the processor, prior to the processor executing the display target operation interface, to:

detecting a creation operation of the first shared reading group;

wherein, the display target operation interface comprises:

E43, a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out a method of reading an electronic book applied to a first client as described in any one of the above-mentioned a1-a10, or a method of reading an electronic book applied to a second client as described in any one of the above-mentioned B11-B21.

Various component embodiments of the invention may be implemented in whole or in part in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that a microprocessor or Digital Signal Processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functions of some or all of the components in a reading apparatus for electronic books according to embodiments of the present invention. The present invention may also be embodied as apparatus or device programs (e.g., computer programs and computer program products) for performing a portion or all of the methods described herein. Such programs implementing the present invention may be stored on computer-readable media or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an internet website or provided on a carrier signal or in any other form.

The foregoing description is only exemplary of the preferred embodiments of the invention and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the disclosure herein is not limited to the particular combination of features described above, but also encompasses other embodiments in which any combination of the features described above or their equivalents is encompassed without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. For example, the above features and (but not limited to) features having similar functions disclosed in the present invention are mutually replaced to form the technical solution.

Further, while operations are depicted in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order. Under certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Likewise, while several specific implementation details are included in the above discussion, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention. Certain features that are described in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.

Claims

1. A method for reading an electronic book is applied to a first client, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

detecting a first user-triggered operation on the first control;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the displaying the electronic book shared content interface, the method further comprises:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein after the displaying the electronic book shared content interface, the method further comprises:

receiving first user input information;

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving first user input information comprises:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to the displaying the target operational interface, the method further comprises:

acquiring historical user behavior data;

6. A method for reading an electronic book is applied to a second client, and is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps:

detecting a third user-triggered operation on the first control;

7. The method of claim 6, wherein after the sending the ebook content information, the method further comprises:

acquiring the content information of the electronic book to be updated;

8. A terminal, for application to a first client, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the processor to:

detecting a first user-triggered operation on the first control;

9. A terminal, for application to a second client, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the processor to:

detecting a third user-triggered operation on the first control;

10. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the storage medium stores a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement a reading method with an electronic book according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 7.