Displaying the meaning of selected text
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1. A method for information processing, comprising:
- receiving through optical character recognition, by a user'"'"'s computer, a file that contains text and encoding the text in ASCII code or Unicode;
displaying, by the user'"'"'s computer, the text on a display screen of the computer;
reading an entry record of the user, and an entry record of another user that is indicated as related to the user, from a knowledge repository, each entry record at least including an entry name, a meaning of the entry name, a date of creation, a similarity to the entry name represented by a numerical value, an owner, and a relationship with the owner;
highlighting text among the displayed text on the user'"'"'s current screen which is consistent with the entry name in the entry records according to a display pattern based on the numerical value of the similarity read from the knowledge repository of the text to the entry name, text highlighted darker to indicate a low numerical value with low similarity and lighter to indicate a higher numerical value with high similarity; and
displaying the meanings of the entry name in response to an action of the user that includes any one of;
clicking the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record, hovering a pointer of a mouse over a display area of the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record, and selecting the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record.
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A method, computer program product, and system for information processing. A piece of text on user'"'"'s current screen is received. An entry record of the user from a knowledge repository is read, the entry record at least including entry name and meaning of the entry name. Text among the piece of text on the user'"'"'s current screen which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record is highlighted. The meaning of the entry name is then displayed.
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1. A method for information processing, comprising:
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receiving through optical character recognition, by a user'"'"'s computer, a file that contains text and encoding the text in ASCII code or Unicode; displaying, by the user'"'"'s computer, the text on a display screen of the computer; reading an entry record of the user, and an entry record of another user that is indicated as related to the user, from a knowledge repository, each entry record at least including an entry name, a meaning of the entry name, a date of creation, a similarity to the entry name represented by a numerical value, an owner, and a relationship with the owner; highlighting text among the displayed text on the user'"'"'s current screen which is consistent with the entry name in the entry records according to a display pattern based on the numerical value of the similarity read from the knowledge repository of the text to the entry name, text highlighted darker to indicate a low numerical value with low similarity and lighter to indicate a higher numerical value with high similarity; and displaying the meanings of the entry name in response to an action of the user that includes any one of;
clicking the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record, hovering a pointer of a mouse over a display area of the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record, and selecting the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer system for information processing, the computer system comprising:
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one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to receive through optical character recognition, on a user'"'"'s computer, a file that contains text and encoding the text in ASCII code or Unicode; program instructions to display the text on a display screen of the user'"'"'s computer; program instructions to read an entry record of the user, and an entry record of another user that is indicated as related to the user, from a knowledge repository, each entry record at least including an entry name, a meaning of the entry name, a date of creation, a similarity to the entry name represented by a numerical value, an owner, and a relationship with the owner; program instructions to highlight text among the displayed text on the user'"'"'s current screen which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record according to a display pattern based on the numerical value of the similarity read from the knowledge repository of the text to the entry name, text highlighted darker to indicate a low numerical value with low similarity and lighter to indicate a higher numerical value with high similarity; and program instructions to display the meanings of the entry name, in response to an action of the user that includes any one of;
clicking the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record, hovering a pointer of a mouse over a display area of the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record, and selecting the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for information processing, the computer system comprising:
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one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to receive through optical character recognition, on a user'"'"'s computer, a file that contains text and encoding the text in ASCII code or Unicode; program instructions to display the text on a display screen of the user'"'"'s computer; program instructions to read an entry record of the user, and an entry record of another user that is indicated as related to the user, from a knowledge repository, each entry record at least including an entry name, a meaning of the entry name, a date of creation, a similarity to the entry name represented by a numerical value, an owner, and a relationship with the owner; program instructions to highlight text among the displayed text on the user'"'"'s current screen which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record according to a display pattern based on the numerical value of the similarity read from the knowledge repository of the text to the entry name, text highlighted darker to indicate a low numerical value with low similarity and lighter to indicate a higher numerical value with high similarity; and program instructions to display the meanings of the entry name, in response to an action of the user that includes any one of;
clicking the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record, hovering a pointer of a mouse over a display area of the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record, and selecting the text which is consistent with the entry name in the entry record. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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