1. A computing device-implemented method comprising:
individually refreshing substantially non-overlapping segments of an electronic paper display in a sequential manner; and
upon being refreshed, presenting content in each individual refreshed segment.
2. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1 in which the sequential manner includes refreshing adjacent segments in series.
3. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1 in which the sequential manner includes refreshing horizontally adjacent segments in series.
4. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1 in which the sequential manner include refreshing vertically adjacent segments.
5. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1 in which the sequential manner visually simulates turning a page on the electronic paper display.
6. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1 in which refreshing an individual segment includes applying a charge to a corresponding portion of the electronic paper display.
7. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1 in which the segments include at least sixteen segments.
8. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1 in which the sequential manner includes delaying the refreshing of one segment until another segment is refreshed.
9. The computing device-implemented method of claim 1 in which the sequential manner includes delaying the refreshing of one segment until another segment is refreshed and presents content.
10. A computing device comprising:
a processor configured to execute instructions to define a group of substantially non-overlapping segments of an electronic paper display; and
a display controller configured to individually refresh the substantially non-overlapping segments of the electronic paper display in a sequential manner, and control content presentation in each refreshed segment.
11. The computing device of claim 10, in which the processor is configured to divide the electronic paper display into portions to define the group of substantially non-overlapping segments.
12. The computing device of claim 10, in which the electronic paper display reflects ambient light to present content.
13. The computing device of claim 10, in which the electronic paper display is included in the computing device.
14. The computing device of claim 10, in which the electronic paper display is an electrophoretic display.
15. The computing device of claim 10, in which the substantially non-overlapping segments are rectangular shaped.
16. The computing device of claim 10, in which the substantially non-overlapping segments are horizontally adjacent.
17. The computing device of claim 10, in which the display controller applies a charge to a corresponding portion of the electronic paper display to refresh a segment.
18. The computing device of claim 10, in which the sequential manner visually simulates turning a page on the electronic paper display.
19. The computing device of claim 10, in which the sequential manner includes delaying the refreshing of one segment included in the group of segments until another segment is refreshed.
20. One or more computer readable media storing instructions that are executable by a processing device, and upon such execution cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
individually refreshing substantially non-overlapping segments of an electronic paper display in a sequential manner; and
upon being refreshed, presenting content in each individual refreshed segment.
21. The computer readable media of claim 20 in which the sequential manner includes refreshing adjacent segments in series.
22. The computer readable media of claim 20 in which the sequential manner includes refreshing horizontally adjacent segments in series.
23. The computer readable media of claim 20 in which the sequential manner include refreshing vertically adjacent segments.
24. The computer readable media of claim 20 in which the sequential manner visually simulates turning a page on the electronic paper display.
25. The computer readable media of claim 20 in which refreshing an individual segment includes applying a charge to a corresponding portion of the electronic paper display.
26. The computer readable media of claim 20 in which the segments include at least sixteen segments.
27. The computer readable media of claim 20 in which the sequential manner includes delaying the refreshing of one segment until another segment is refreshed.
28. The computer readable media of claim 20 in which the sequential manner includes delaying the refreshing of one segment until another segment is refreshed and presents content.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A service method of a rental storage, in which rental storage users use the rental storage provided by a storage provider on a network and each of said rental storage users and said storage provider communicate with respect to rental storage service, comprising the steps of:
electronically establishing a contract between said storage provider and each of the rental storage users thereby allowing using storage of said storage provider by each of the rental storage users;
calculating by the storage provider an estimation of a data amount in the rental storage for future storage usage of each of said rental storage user, based on the history of storage usage of each of said rental storage user;
showing by the storage provider conditions of said contract including a contracted billing method, a contracted billing period, a contracted storage data amount, a notification threshold storage data amount for triggering contracted notification to each of said rental storage users prior to reaching the storage data amount, and an indication of whether an estimation option is available in said contract for changing the conditions of said contract based upon the estimation, and the estimation to each of said rental storage users; and
electronically re-configuring the conditions of said contract as changed by each of said rental storage users if the estimation option is available in said contract,
wherein said users are human users having capacity to make contracts and pay bills charged to said human users.
2. A service method of a rental storage, in which rental storage users use the rental storage provided by a rental storage service provider on a network and each of said rental storage service users and said rental storage service provider communicate with respect to rental storage service, comprising the steps of:
electronically making a contract between said rental storage service provider and each of said rental storage service users so as to configure contract conditions based on the contract of use of storage service thereby allowing using storage of said rental storage service provider by each of the rental storage service users;
reporting a charge to each of the rental storage service users by the rental storage service provider;
paying the charge for the use of said storage by each of the rental storage service users to the rental storage service provider;
calculating by the storage provider an estimation of a data amount in the rental storage for future storage usage of each of said rental storage user, based on the history of storage usage of each of said rental storage user;
showing by the storage provider said contract conditions and the history of storage usage record to each of the rental storage service users; and
electronically reconfiguring by said rental storage service provider said contract conditions as changed by each of said rental storage users if an estimation option is available in said contract,
wherein said contract conditions include a billing method, a billing period, a storage data amount, a notification threshold storage data amount for triggering contracted notification to each of said rental storage users prior to reaching the storage data amount, rental storage estimation, and whether an estimation option is available for changing said contract conditions based upon the rental storage estimation, and
said users are human users having capacity to make contracts and pay bills charged to said human users.
3. A service method of a rental storage set forth in claim 2, further comprising the steps of:
proposing by said rental storage service provider a reduction plan of the amount of data of storage usage used by each of said rental storage service users; and
reducing the amount of data of storage usage used by each of said rental storage service users in accordance with the recommended reduction plan of data,
wherein the step of reconfiguring said contract conditions is performed after the step of proposing by said rental storage service provider and the step of reducing the amount of data of storage usage used by each of said rental storage service users.
4. A service method of a rental storage set forth in claim 3, in which: when each of said rental storage service users deletes data in use in accordance with the recommended reduction plan of the amount of data of storage usage, said rental storage service provider duplicates on a portable medium a backup copy of the data specified to delete by each of said rental storage service users; and said rental storage service provider sends the backup copy of the data to each of the rental storage service users.
5. A service method of a rental storage, in which rental storage users use the rental storage provided by a rental storage service provider on a network and each of said rental storage service users and said rental storage service provider communicate with respect to rental storage service, comprising the steps of:
electronically establishing a first contract between said storage provider and each of the rental storage users thereby allowing using storage of said storage provider by each of the rental storage users;
estimating by said rental storage service provider amount of data of storage usage in the future based or the history of amount of data of storage usage by each of said rental storage service users;
showing by the storage provider conditions of said first contract including a contracted billing method, a contracted billing period, a contracted storage data amount, a notification threshold storage data amount for triggering contracted notification to each of said rental storage users prior to reaching the storage data amount, and an indication of whether an estimation option is available in said first contract for changing the conditions of said first contract based upon the estimation,
proposing by the storage provider to each of said rental storage service users a recommended contract on an amount of data according to the estimation if the estimation option is available in said first contract, and
electronically re-configuring the conditions of said contract as changed by each of said rental storage users if the estimation option is available in said contract,
wherein said users are human users having capacity to make contracts and pay bills charged to said human users.
6. A service method of a rental storage set forth in claim 3, in which: the step of proposing to each of said rental storage service users a recommended contract on the amount of data include the substep of: proposing reduction of amount of data contracted for the storage usage if the storage usage estimated is less than the currently contracted storage usage.
7. A service method of a rental storage set forth in claim 5, in which:
when each of said rental storage service users updates said contract conditions in accordance with a desirable amount of data of storage usage recommended by said rental storage service provider,
if the amount of data of storage usage by each of said rental storage service users exceeds the contracted amount of data for storage usage reconfigured within the contract period of the contract,
each of said rental storage service users will be allowed using the storage service for the data beyond the contracted amount of said storage usage.