Personalized highlighter for textual media
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1. A method for highlighting an electronic document, comprising:
- monitoring reading of a plurality of electronic documents by a user to determine a time spent by the user on one or more portions of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein the monitoring comprises applying tracking software to a browser utilized by the user to track and record the time one or more pages of the plurality of electronic documents are displayed on the browser;
inferring one or more reading patterns of the user based on the time spent on the one or more portions of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein the inferring comprises determining which portions of the plurality of electronic documents the user reads and the user skips;
mining one or more sources to obtain data corresponding to a user, wherein the data comprises the one or more reading patterns of the user;
inferring one or more interests of the user based on the data;
analyzing the electronic document to determine at least one portion of the electronic document related to at least one of the one or more interests and the one or more reading patterns of the user;
automatically highlighting the at least one portion of the electronic document related to at least one of the one or more interests and the one or more reading patterns of the user;
transmitting the automatically highlighted document over at least one network to a user device comprising a display; and
electronically displaying the automatically highlighted document on the display of the user device, wherein the automatically highlighted document comprises an electronic modification of the at least one portion of the electronic document from a previous version of the electronic document;
wherein the steps of the method are performed by a computer system comprising a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory.
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Abstract
A method for highlighting an electronic document comprises mining one or more sources to obtain data corresponding to a user, inferring one or more interests of the user based on the data, analyzing the electronic document to determine at least one portion of the electronic document related to the one or more interests, and automatically highlighting the at least one portion of the electronic document related to the one or more interests.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for highlighting an electronic document, comprising:
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monitoring reading of a plurality of electronic documents by a user to determine a time spent by the user on one or more portions of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein the monitoring comprises applying tracking software to a browser utilized by the user to track and record the time one or more pages of the plurality of electronic documents are displayed on the browser; inferring one or more reading patterns of the user based on the time spent on the one or more portions of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein the inferring comprises determining which portions of the plurality of electronic documents the user reads and the user skips; mining one or more sources to obtain data corresponding to a user, wherein the data comprises the one or more reading patterns of the user; inferring one or more interests of the user based on the data; analyzing the electronic document to determine at least one portion of the electronic document related to at least one of the one or more interests and the one or more reading patterns of the user; automatically highlighting the at least one portion of the electronic document related to at least one of the one or more interests and the one or more reading patterns of the user; transmitting the automatically highlighted document over at least one network to a user device comprising a display; and electronically displaying the automatically highlighted document on the display of the user device, wherein the automatically highlighted document comprises an electronic modification of the at least one portion of the electronic document from a previous version of the electronic document; wherein the steps of the method are performed by a computer system comprising a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for highlighting an electronic document, comprising:
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a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to; monitor reading of a plurality of electronic documents by a user to determine a time spent by the user on one or more portions of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein in monitoring, the at least one processor is configured to apply tracking software to a browser utilized by the user to track and record the time one or more pages of the plurality of electronic documents are displayed on the browser; infer one or more reading patterns of the user based on the time spent on the one or more portions of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein in inferring, the at least one processor is configured to determine which portions of the plurality of electronic documents the user reads and the user skips; mine one or more sources to obtain data corresponding to a user, wherein the data comprises the one or more reading patterns of the user; infer one or more interests of the user based on the data; analyze the electronic document to determine at least one portion of the electronic document related to at least one of the one or more interests and the one or more reading patterns of the user; automatically highlight the at least one portion of the electronic document related to at least one of the one or more interests and the one or more reading patterns of the user; and transmit the automatically highlighted document over at least one network to a user device comprising a display; wherein the automatically highlighted document is displayed on the display of the user device, and comprises an electronic modification of the at least one portion of the electronic document from a previous version of the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product for highlighting an electronic document, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
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monitoring reading of a plurality of electronic documents by a user to determine a time spent by the user on one or more portions of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein the monitoring comprises applying tracking software to a browser utilized by the user to track and record the time one or more pages of the plurality of electronic documents are displayed on the browser; inferring one or more reading patterns of the user based on the time spent on the one or more portions of the plurality of electronic documents, wherein the inferring comprises determining which portions of the plurality of electronic documents the user reads and the user skips; mining one or more sources to obtain data corresponding to a user, wherein the data comprises the one or more reading patterns of the user; inferring one or more interests of the user based on the data; analyzing the electronic document to determine at least one portion of the electronic document related to at least one of the one or more interests and the one or more reading patterns of the user; automatically highlighting the at least one portion of the electronic document related to at least one of the one or more interests and the one or more reading patterns of the user; transmitting the automatically highlighted document over at least one network to a user device comprising a display; and electronically displaying the automatically highlighted document on the display of the user device, wherein the automatically highlighted document comprises an electronic modification of the at least one portion of the electronic document from a previous version of the electronic document.
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