WO2024105555A1

WO2024105555A1 - A system and a method to explore content in a physical book

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Publication number: WO2024105555A1
Application number: PCT/IB2023/061476
Authority: WO
Inventors: Srinivas Kompella
Original assignee: Srinivas Kompella
Priority date: 2022-11-16
Filing date: 2023-11-14
Publication date: 2024-05-23

Abstract

A system (100) to explore content in a physical book (140) is disclosed A receiving module (120) receives a scan of a quick response code affixed on a physical medium of a book. A user registration module (122) receives a plurality of user credentials. A display module (124) displays a plurality of uniform resource locators which provides additional information of the book. The display module displays one or more physical bookstores in proximity to a user thereby mentoring the user to navigate to one or more physical bookstores to purchase. A notification module (126) notifies the user about book reading events hosted by an author, notifies the author about users interested in attending book reading events and allows a publisher of the physical book to notify the user about new book releases. A tracking module (128) allows the publisher to track the content misuse by the users.

Description

A SYSTEM AND A METHOD TO EXPLORE CONTENT IN A PHYSICAL BOOK

This Application claims priority from a provisional patent application filed in India having Patent Application No. 202221065814, filed on 16th day of November 2022, and titled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING CITATIONS AND REFERENCES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES OF BOOKS”

FIELD OF INVENTION

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of digital media, and more particularly, a system and a method to explore content in a physical book.

BACKGROUND

Readers, including students, academics, researchers, and general readers around the world frequently visit citations, references, notes, acknowledgments, hyperlinks, video links, links to portable document format (PDF)s, and the like when reading a book. This helps in enriching knowledge, deepening one's understanding, and giving credit to the contributions of other authors. Likewise, it allows other readers to identify the sources that an author has used in his/her work. The work includes any theories, data, ideas, and any other content that contributes to the author's work. However, to find and visiting these references, hyperlinks, video links, links to PDFs, and similar resources become a cumbersome task for a reader.

Currently, most readers opt for e-books, where accessing references is relatively straightforward by clicking on superscripted numbers or links. Consequently, the readers can easily navigate to the relevant references, hyperlinks, video links, links to PDFs, and other resources, making the entire process easy.

In contrast, physical book readers face several challenges. To access references, they must search via the Internet using their mobile phones, desktop computers, laptops or physically visit bookstores, meticulously noting down references. The references often have different formats in the citations listed at the end of a physical book. Consequently, physical book readers must input the characters in an identical format to obtain the reference accurately while searching on internet. Further, it becomes difficult for the readers to get a physical book of these references. In many cases, the references are not readily available in one location or at the same time, further complicating the physical reader's if they are planning to purchase the physical books or visit a nearby library.

Further, a challenge faced by most of the authors is their limited knowledge about their target audience. Identifying the target audience will be helpful when the author wants to pass on any message or insight regarding the work.

Furthermore, in the case of test preparation books, the publishers are bound to print solutions either at the end of the book or after the end of each chapter. However, due to space constraint, the solutions are often kept short and hinders the preparation of students.

Beyond the challenges faced by readers and publishers, it's important to consider the environmental impact of a traditional paper-based publishing industry. The detailed explanation of the citations, references, notes, and acknowledgments involves a substantial amount of paper and printing costs. Process of paper manufacturing consumes vast quantities of paper that involves cutting down millions of trees every year to produce paper. Additionally, transportation costs, paper costs, and printing costs are also high in the process.

Hence, there is a need for an improved system and method to explore content in a physical book which addresses the aforementioned issue(s).

OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the invention is to explore references, citations, notes, acknowledgments hyperlinks, video links, links to PDFs and other information related to a physical book through a digital platform.

Another objective of the invention is to provide a list of physical bookstores in proximity to a user thereby mentoring the user to navigate to the physical bookstores in order to purchase the physical books pertaining to a publisher. Yet, another objective of the invention is to notify users about the upcoming book reading events, the number of readers interested in attending the book reading events, and new book releases.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a system to explore content in a physical book is provided. The system includes a processing subsystem hosted on a server. The processing subsystem is configured to execute on a network to control bidirectional communications among a plurality of modules. The processing subsystem includes a receiving module. The receiving module configured to receive a scan of a quick response code via a user interface. The quick response code is affixed on a physical medium of a book. The processing subsystem includes a user registration module operatively coupled to the receiving module. The user registration module is configured to receive a plurality of user credentials to register a user. The processing subsystem includes a display module operatively coupled to the user registration module. The display module is configured to display a plurality of uniform resource locators upon redirecting the user to a source application via the user interface. The plurality of uniform resource locators provides the user with additional information associated to the physical book. Further, the display module is configured to display one or more physical bookstores in proximity to the user thereby mentoring the user to navigate to one or more physical bookstores in order to purchase one or more physical books pertaining to a publisher. The processing subsystem includes a notification module operatively coupled to the display module. The notification module is configured to notify the user about one or more book reading events hosted by an author of the physical book. The notification module is configured to notify the author about a number of users interested in attending one or more book reading events. The notification module is configured to allow a publisher of the physical book to notify the user about one or more new book releases pertaining to the author. The processing subsystem includes a tracking module operatively coupled to the notification module. The tracking module is configured to allow the publisher to track the content misuse by the users.

In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a method to explore content in a physical book is provided. The method includes receiving, by a receiving module, a scan of a quick response code via a user interface. The quick response code is affixed on a physical medium of a book. The method includes receiving, by a user registration module, a plurality of user credentials to register a user. The method includes displaying, by a display module, a plurality of uniform resource locators upon redirecting the user to a source application via the user interface. The plurality of uniform resource locators provides the user with additional information associated to the physical book. The method includes displaying, by the display module, one or more physical bookstores in proximity to the user thereby mentoring the user to navigate to one or more physical bookstores in order to purchase one or more physical books pertaining to a publisher. The method includes notifying, by a notification module, the user about one or more book reading events hosted by an author of the physical book. The method includes notifying, by the notification module, the author about a number of users interested in attending the one or more book reading events. The method includes allowing, by the notification module, a publisher of the physical book to notify the user about one or more new book releases pertaining to the author. The method includes allowing, by a tracking module, the publisher to track the content misuse by the users.

To further clarify the advantages and features of the present disclosure, a more particular description of the disclosure will follow by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the appended figures. It is to be appreciated that these figures depict only typical embodiments of the disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting in scope. The disclosure will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the appended figures.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the accompanying figures in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram representation of a system to explore content in a physical book in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a computer or a server in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart representing the steps involved in a method to explore content in a physical book in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and may not have necessarily been drawn to scale. Furthermore, in terms of the construction of the device, one or more components of the device may have been represented in the figures by conventional symbols, and the figures may show only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure so as not to obscure the figures with details that will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of the description herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

For the purpose of promoting an understanding of the principles of the disclosure, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the figures and specific language will be used to describe them. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated system, and such further applications of the principles of the disclosure as would normally occur to those skilled in the art are to be construed as being within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a nonexclusive inclusion, such that a process or method that comprises a list of steps does not include only those steps but may include other steps not expressly listed or inherent to such a process or method. Similarly, one or more devices or subsystems or elements or structures or components preceded by "comprises... a" does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other devices, sub-systems, elements, structures, components, additional devices, additional subsystems, additional elements, additional structures, or additional components. Appearances of the phrase "in an embodiment", "in another embodiment" and similar language throughout this specification may, but not necessarily do, all refer to the same embodiment.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The system, methods, and examples provided herein are only illustrative and not intended to be limiting. In the following specification and the claims, reference will be made to a number of terms, which shall be defined to have the following meanings. The singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system to explore content in a physical book. The system includes a processing subsystem hosted on a server. The processing subsystem is configured to execute on a network to control bidirectional communications among a plurality of modules. The processing subsystem includes a receiving module. The receiving module configured to receive a scan of a quick response code via a user interface. The quick response code is affixed on a physical medium of a book. The processing subsystem includes a user registration module operatively coupled to the receiving module. The user registration module is configured to receive a plurality of user credentials to register a user. The processing subsystem includes a display module operatively coupled to the user registration module. The display module is configured to display a plurality of uniform resource locators upon redirecting the user to a source application via the user interface. The plurality of uniform resource locators provides the user with additional information associated to the physical book. Further, the display module is configured to display one or more physical bookstores in proximity to the user thereby mentoring the user to navigate to one or more physical bookstores in order to purchase one or more physical books pertaining to a publisher. The processing subsystem includes a notification module operatively coupled to the display module. The notification module is configured to notify the user about one or more book reading events hosted by an author of the physical book. The notification module is configured to notify the author about a number of users interested in attending one or more book reading events. The notification module is configured to allow a publisher of the physical book to notify the user about one or more new book releases pertaining to the author. The processing subsystem includes a tracking module operatively coupled to the notification module. The tracking module is configured to allow the publisher to track the content misuse by the users.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system (100) to explore content in a physical book (140) in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The system (100) includes a processing subsystem (105) hosted on a server (108). In one embodiment, the server (108) may include a cloud-based server. In another embodiment, parts of the server (108) may be a local server coupled to a user device (135). The processing subsystem (105) is configured to execute on a network (115) to control bidirectional communications among a plurality of modules. In one example, the network (115) may be a private or public local area network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN), such as the Internet. In another embodiment, the network (115) may include both wired and wireless communications according to one or more standards and/or via one or more transport mediums. In one example, the network (115) may include wireless communications according to one of the 802.11 or Bluetooth specification sets, or another standard or proprietary wireless communication protocol. In yet another embodiment, the network (115) may also include communications over a terrestrial cellular network, including, a global system for mobile communications (GSM), code division multiple access (CDMA), and/or enhanced data for global evolution (EDGE) network as well as advanced standards like 4G and 5G.

It is to be noted that the user device (135) may include, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, desktop computer, portable digital assistant (PDA), smart phone, tablet, ultra-book, netbook, laptop, multi-processor system, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronic system, or any other communication device that the user may use. In some embodiments, the user device (135) may comprise a display unit (not shown) to display information (for example, in the form of user interfaces). In further embodiments, the user device (135) may comprise one or more of touch screens, accelerometers, gyroscopes, cameras, microphones, global positioning system (GPS) devices, and so forth.

The processing subsystem (105) includes a receiving module (120). The receiving module (120) is configured to receive a scan of a quick response (QR) code via a user interface. The QR code is scanned using a camera embedded in the user device (135) operated by a user (130). The QR code is affixed on a physical medium of a book (140) in the form of a sticker or label. In one embodiment, the QR code is placed on the front cover, back cover, or any other page within the book (140). The QR codes are embedded with hyperlinks that redirect the user (130) to a source application via the user interface. The source application provides a platform to help the user to explore content (references, hyperlinks, citations, references, notes, acknowledgments hyperlinks, video links, links to PDFs) pertaining to a plurality of books associated to a plurality of publishers. In a specific embodiment, the plurality of books is grouped based on an associated publisher and is further listed in an alphabetical order. It is important to note that, throughout the specification, the term "user" is used to refer to an individual who is exploring content, knowledge and information related to the physical book or alternatively referred to as a "reader," an author is those who creates a written content, and a publisher is responsible for making the written content available to the readers in various formats and involved in the major steps of developing, marketing, producing, printing, and distributing the physical book (140).

It will be appreciated to those skilled in the art that other suitable methods such as barcodes, Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags or the like, may serve as effective alternatives to QR codes for linking physical books to digital content via the user interface. It must be noted that the successful use of NFC tags and RFID tags would require compatible NFC-capable and RFID readers, respectively, for interaction and data retrieval.

The user interface, to include all types of interfaces, is the point at which human users interact with a computer, website, or application, enabling users to interact with and manipulate digital content or physical machines. The various types of user interface include but not limited to graphical user interface, command line interface, menu-driven user interface, touch user interface, natural language user interface and the like.

The source application refers to a software program or application that provides access to a source of digital content. The source application is configured to display a plurality physical book organized alphabetically based on one or more corresponding publishers.

The processing subsystem (105) includes a user registration module (122) operatively coupled to the receiving module (120). The user registration module (122) is configured to receive a plurality of user credentials to register the user (130). The user credentials are a combination of one or more of name, contact information, email address, additional personal information, and the like of the user (130). This generally enables the author or the publisher to identify the reader, thereby enhancing connectivity between readers, authors, and publishers. In one embodiment, the user registration module (122) captures the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the user device from which the source application is being accessed. The processing subsystem (105) includes a display module (124) to display a plurality of Uniform Resource Locators (URL) upon redirecting the user (130) to the source application via the user interface. The plurality of URLs provides the user (130) with additional information associated to the physical book (140). The additional information associated with the physical book (140) includes author details, book reviews, references, test solutions, citations, notes, acknowledgments, hyperlinks, video links, links to PDFs, and related content. The author details provide information about the book's author, including biography, background, previous works, and other relevant information. The book reviews are in the form of literary criticism in which the book is merely described or analyzed based on content, style, and merit to give insights to the reader. The references in the book typically include citations to other works, books, articles, or other sources that the author consulted during the creation of the book. For educational content, test preparation materials, test solutions are detailed explanations of answers to questions or problems. The test solutions include a detailed explanation with visual aids. Citations refer to the source of information used within the book. The notes in the book are additional comments provided by the author. The Acknowledgments section is where the author recognizes and thanks individuals or organizations who helped the author with the book.

The URLs are unique identifiers used to locate a resource on the Internet. It is also referred to as a web address. URLs consist of multiple parts, including a protocol, domain name, and subdomain. The protocol specifies how data should be transmitted over the internet, the domain name is the main address of the website, and the subdomain is used to create a separate section within the website. Readers explore the plurality of uniform resource locators to deepen their understanding and explore related topics. Further, the display module (124) is configured to display one or more physical bookstores in proximity to the user thereby mentoring the user (130) to navigate to one or more physical bookstores in order to purchase one or more physical books pertaining to the publisher. This may be achieved through GPS, mapping services, or location-based databases.

The display module (124) is configured to display a plurality of recommendations based on a reading history and preferences of the user. In an embodiment, the system employs an artificial intelligence model to generate the display a plurality of recommendations based on a reading history and preferences of the user. The artificial intelligence model employs an artificial intelligence algorithm. Examples of the artificial intelligence algorithm include, but are not limited to, a Deep Neural Network (DNN), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM), Deep Belief Network (DBN), Deep Q-Networks, and the like.

The processing subsystem (105) includes a notification module (126) operatively coupled to the display module (124). The notification module (126) is configured to notify the user (130) about one or more book reading events hosted by the author of the physical book. The notification module (126) is configured to notify the author about a number of users interested in attending one or more book reading events. The notification module (126) is configured to send notifications to authors about the users interested in attending one or more book reading events, comprising details such as usernames, contact information, and event preferences.

In one embodiment, the notification module (126) employs suitable user tracking mechanisms including RSVPs to provide detailed reports on user interest in attending one or more book reading events.

The notification module (126) is configured to allow a publisher of the physical book to notify the user (130) about one or more new book releases pertaining to the author. In one embodiment, users may receive notifications regarding one or more book reading events and one or more new book releases directly on their mobile phones in the form of Short Message Service (SMS), popup messages, push messages, email notifications and the like.

In another embodiment, all notifications are delivered in real-time to ensure users, authors, and publishers stay informed about one or more book reading events and one or more new book releases. The processing subsystem (105) includes a tracking module (128) operatively coupled to the notification module (126). The tracking module (128) is configured to allow the publisher to track the content misuse by the users. The content misuse includes activities such as unauthorized distribution, content infringement and the like.

Consider a user, 'X,' who recently purchased a physical book. While reading the book, 'X' notices reference and wishes to understand the concepts deeply. To do so, 'X' scans the Quick Response (QR) code (or another type of code, such as a coupon code) affixed within the book using a smartphone, which redirects him/her to a source application or web application. Utilizing the user registration module, the system collects user 'X's' credentials for user registration. Subsequently, 'X' may explore the available books categorized by publisher, with titles listed alphabetically. 'X' may select a specific book, navigate to particular chapters, and the references and additional information associated with the physical book. Clicking on a reference in a chapter, 'X' is redirected to a URL relevant to the content in the book. Additionally, the source application provides 'X' with a list of physical bookstores located near their current location to conveniently purchase books that may be referenced in the one they are currently reading. Upon registration user 'X’ may enter coupon codes to access specific offers, if applicable. Furthermore, X will receive notifications regarding book reading events hosted by the book's author, updates on new book releases, and more. Now, user 'X' actively engages with the author of the book.

In one embodiment, the various functional components of the system may reside on a single computer, or they may be distributed across several computers in various arrangements. The various components of the system may, furthermore, access one or more databases, and each of the various components of the system may be in communication with one another. Further, while the components of FIG. 1 are discussed in the singular sense, it will be appreciated that in other embodiments multiple instances of the components may be employed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a computer or a server in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The server (200) includes processor(s) (230), and memory (210) operatively coupled to the bus (220). The processor(s) (230), as used herein, means any type of computational circuit, such as, but not limited to, a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a complex instruction set computing microprocessor, a reduced instruction set computing microprocessor, a very long instruction word microprocessor, an explicitly parallel instruction computing microprocessor, a digital signal processor, or any other type of processing circuit, or a combination thereof.

The memory (210) includes several subsystems stored in the form of executable program which instructs the processor (230) to perform the method steps illustrated in FIG. 1. The memory (210) includes a processing subsystem (105) of FIG.l. The processing subsystem (105) further has following modules: a receiving module (120), a user registration module (122), a display module (124), a notification module (126), and a tracking module (128).

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a system (100) to explore content in a physical book (140) is provided. The system (100) includes a processing subsystem (105) hosted on a server. The processing subsystem (105) is configured to execute on a network to control bidirectional communications among a plurality of modules. The processing subsystem (105) includes a receiving module (120). The receiving module (120) configured to receive a scan of a quick response code via a user interface. The quick response code is affixed on a physical medium of a book (140). The processing subsystem (105) includes a user registration module (122) operatively coupled to the receiving module (120). The user registration module (122) is configured to receive a plurality of user credentials to register a user (130). The processing subsystem (105) includes a display module (124) operatively coupled to the user registration module (122). The display module (124) is configured to display a plurality of uniform resource locators upon redirecting the user (130) to a source application via the user interface. The plurality of uniform resource locators provides the user (130) with additional information associated to the physical book (140). Further, the display module (124) is configured to display one or more physical bookstores in proximity to the user (130) thereby mentoring the user (130) to navigate to one or more physical bookstores in order to purchase one or more physical books pertaining to a publisher. The processing subsystem (105) includes a notification module (126) operatively coupled to the display module (124). The notification module (126) is configured to notify the user (130) about one or more book reading events hosted by an author of the physical book. The notification module (126) is configured to notify the author about a number of users interested in attending one or more book reading events. The notification module (126) is configured to allow a publisher of the physical book to notify the user (130) about one or more new book releases pertaining to the author. The processing subsystem (105) includes a tracking module (128) operatively coupled to the notification module (126). The tracking module (128) is configured to allow the publisher to track the content misuse by the users.

The bus (220) as used herein refers to internal memory channels or computer network that is used to connect computer components and transfer data between them. The bus (220) includes a serial bus or a parallel bus, wherein the serial bus transmits data in bit-serial format and the parallel bus transmits data across multiple wires. The bus (220) as used herein may include but not limited to, a system bus, an internal bus, an external bus, an expansion bus, a frontside bus, a backside bus and the like. FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart representing the steps involved in a method (300) to explore content in a physical book in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method (300) includes receiving, by a receiving module, a scan of a quick response (QR) code via a user interface. The quick response code is affixed on a physical medium of a book in step 310. The QR code may be placed on any page of the book, including the front cover, back cover, or any other page within the book. Typically, publishers attach the QR code to the physical book. The QR codes are embedded with hyperlinks that redirect the user to a source application via the user interface.

In an embodiment, other suitable methods such as traditional barcodes, Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags or the like, may serve as effective alternatives to QR codes for linking physical books to digital content via the user interface. It must be noted that the successful use of NFC tags and RFID tags would require compatible NFC-capable and RFID readers, respectively, for interaction and data retrieval.

The user interface is the point at which human users interact with a computer, website, or application, enabling users to interact with and manipulate digital content or physical machines. The source application refers to a software program or application that provides access to a source of digital content. The source application is configured to display a plurality physical book organized alphabetically based on one or more corresponding publishers.

The method (300) includes receiving, by a user registration module, a plurality of user credentials to register a user in step 320. The user credentials are a combination of one or more of name, email, contact information, email address, additional personal information, and the like of the user. In one embodiment, the user registration module captures the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the user device from which the source application is being accessed.

The method (300) includes displaying, by a display module, a plurality of uniform resource locators upon redirecting the user to the source application via the user interface. The plurality of uniform resource locators provides the user with additional information associated to the physical book in step 330. The additional information associated with the physical book includes author details, book reviews, references, test solutions, citations, notes, acknowledgments, hyperlinks, video links, links to PDFs, and related content. Author details provide information about the book's author, including biography, background, previous works, and other relevant information. The book reviews are in the form of literary criticism in which the book is merely described or analyzed based on content, style, and merit to give insights to the reader. The references in the book typically include citations to other works, books, articles, or other sources that the author consulted during the creation of the book. For educational content, test preparation materials, test solutions are detailed explanations of answers to questions or problems. The test solutions include a detailed explanation with visual aids. Citations refer to the source of information used within the book. Notes in the book are additional comments provided by the author. The Acknowledgments section is where the author recognizes and thanks individuals or organizations who helped the author with the book.

The method (300) includes displaying, by the display module, one or more physical bookstores in proximity to the user thereby mentoring the user to navigate to one or more physical bookstores in order to purchase one or more physical books pertaining to a publisher in step 340.

The method (300) includes notifying, by a notification module, the user about one or more book reading events hosted by an author of the physical book in step 350.

The method (300) includes notifying, by the notification module, the author about a number of users interested in attending the one or more book reading events in step 360.

In one embodiment, the notification module employs suitable user tracking mechanisms including RSVPs to provide detailed reports on user interest in attending one or more book reading events.

The method (300) includes allowing, by the notification module, a publisher of the physical book to notify the user about one or more new book releases pertaining to the author in 370.

In one embodiment, users may receive notifications regarding one or more book reading events and one or more new book releases directly on their mobile phones in the form of Short Message Service (SMS), popup messages, push messages, email notifications and the like.

The method (300) includes allowing, by a tracking module, the publisher to track the content misuse by the users in step 380. Content misuse, which may include activities such as unauthorized distribution, content infringement and the like. The method (300) disclosed herein is suitable for several applications. Examples of the applications includes, but is not limited to:

1. Use Case 1-Competitive examinations: The solutions to problems are explained in detail and hosted in the source application. The user can either see only the answer to a particular question or if the user wishes to see a detailed solution of the said question, then the user clicks on the hyperlink and subsequently is redirected to the publisher’ s website.

2. Use Case 2-Question papers: An instructor ensures that the question paper includes a set of questions by stating question numbers and corresponding page numbers. Consequently, solutions to the questions are not available to a student thereby securing the process of a valuation.

3. Use Case 3-Science and technology: The publisher provides links associated to videos pertaining to chapters to facilitate a reader with a comprehensive learning experience.

4. Use Case 4- Law and taxation: Citations pertaining to law is typically exhaustive. Such citations are provided in the source application that would enable a reader to be redirected to the Publisher’s website.

5. Use Case 5- General Reader: If a reader wants to access reference #10 in chapter 2 of the book, then the reader needs to open the mobile application on the reader's mobile phone and choose the book. The reader can then visit the chapter and click on reference #10 and it will open where it is intended.

Various embodiments of the system and method to explore content in a physical book as described above improve accessibility of references, citations, notes, and acknowledgments in physical books, making it easier for user to access valuable supplementary information. The improvement benefits in fields, including STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) books, law books, taxation books, non-fiction books on various subjects, and test preparation areas. The test preparation areas encompass a wide range of books designed for various exams, including but not limited to Olympiads, National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), Common Admission Test (CAT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE)/ Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Indian Institutes of Technology- Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE), and other entrance exams. Further, for educational content, the system offers detailed test solutions with visual aids, which is beneficial for students preparing for exams to get a better understanding of each problem. Furthermore, the system provides a list of physical bookstores and allows the user to navigate to the nearest bookstores via the display module. Moreover, the system notifies users about upcoming book reading events, the number of readers interested in attending the book reading events, and new book release events via a notification module.

The techniques described in this disclosure may be implemented, at least in part, in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. For example, various aspects of the described techniques may be implemented within one or more processors, including one or more microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), or any other equivalent integrated or discrete logic circuitry, as well as any combinations of such components. The term “processor” or “processing subsystem” may generally refer to any of the foregoing logic circuitry, alone or in combination with other logic circuitry, or any other equivalent circuitry. A control unit including hardware may also perform one or more of the techniques of this disclosure.

Such hardware, software, and firmware may be implemented within the same device or within separate devices to support the various techniques described in this disclosure. In addition, any of the described units, modules, or components may be implemented together or separately as discrete but interoperable logic devices. Depiction of different features as modules or units is intended to highlight different functional aspects and does not necessarily imply that such modules or units must be realized by separate hardware, firmware, or software components. Rather, functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware, firmware, or software components, or integrated within common or separate hardware, firmware, or software components.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory of the disclosure and are not intended to be restrictive thereof.

While specific language has been used to describe the disclosure, any limitations arising on account of the same are not intended. As would be apparent to a person skilled in the art, various working modifications may be made to the method in order to implement the inventive concept as taught herein. The figures and the foregoing description give examples of embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that one or more of the described elements may well be combined into a single functional element. Alternatively, certain elements may be split into multiple functional elements. Elements from one embodiment may be added to another embodiment. For example, the order of processes described herein may be changed and are not limited to the manner described herein.

Moreover, the actions of any flow diagram need not be implemented in the order shown; nor do all of the acts need to be necessarily performed. Also, those acts that are not dependent on other acts may be performed in parallel with the other acts. The scope of embodiments is by no means limited by these specific examples.

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M: A system (100) to explore content in a physical book (140) comprising: a processing subsystem (105) hosted on a server (108), wherein the processing subsystem (105) is configured to execute on a network to control bidirectional communications among a plurality of modules comprising: a receiving module (120) configured to receive a scan of a quick response code via a user interface, wherein the quick response code is affixed on a physical medium of a book (140); a user registration module (122) operatively coupled to the receiving module (120), wherein the user registration module (122) is configured to receive a plurality of user credentials to register a user (130); a display module (124) operatively coupled to the user registration module (122), wherein the display module (124) is configured to: display a plurality of uniform resource locators upon redirecting the user (130) to a source application via the user interface wherein the plurality of uniform resource locators provides the user (130) with additional information associated to the physical book (140); and display one or more physical bookstores in proximity to the user (130) thereby mentoring the user (130) to navigate to one or more physical bookstores in order to purchase one or more physical books pertaining to a publisher; a notification module (126) operatively coupled to the display module (124), wherein the notification module (126) is configured to: notify the user (130) about one or more book reading events hosted by an author of the physical book (140); notify the author about a number of users interested in attending the one or more book reading events; and allow a publisher of the physical book (140) to notify the user (130) about one or more new book releases pertaining to the author; and a tracking module (128) operatively coupled to the notification module (126), wherein the tracking module (128) is configured to allow the publisher to track the content misuse by the users.

2. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the quick response code is scanned using a camera embedded in a user device (135) operated by the user (130).

3. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user credentials are a combination of one or more of name, email, contact information, email address, and additional personal information of the user.

4. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the source application is configured to display a plurality physical book organized alphabetically based on one or more corresponding publishers.

5. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the notification module (126) is configured to send notifications to authors about the users interested in attending one or more book reading events, comprising details such as usernames, contact information, and event preferences.

6. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display module is configured to display a plurality of recommendations based on a reading history and preferences of the user.

7. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the additional information associated to the physical book (140) comprises author details, test solutions, book reviews, references, citations, notes, and acknowledgments and related content. . A method (300) to explore content in a physical book comprising: receiving, by a receiving module, a scan of a quick response code via a user interface, wherein the quick response code is affixed on a physical medium of a book; (310) receiving, by a user registration module, a plurality of user credentials to register a user; (320) displaying, by a display module, a plurality of uniform resource locators upon redirecting the user to a source application via the user interface wherein the plurality of uniform resource locators provides the user with additional information associated to the physical book;(330) displaying, by the display module, one or more physical bookstores in proximity to the user thereby mentoring the user to navigate to one or more physical bookstores in order to purchase one or more physical books pertaining to a publisher; (340) notifying, by a notification module, the user about one or more book reading events hosted by an author of the physical book; (350) notifying, by the notification module, the author about a number of users interested in attending the one or more book reading events; (360) allowing, by the notification module, a publisher of the physical book to notify the user about one or more new book releases pertaining to the author; and (370) allowing, by a tracking module the publisher to track the content misuse by the users. (380)