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Detection and rendering of endnotes in digital content

  • US 10,423,703 B1
  • Filed: 06/26/2014
  • Issued: 09/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • detecting a user selection of a first link corresponding to a first location in a first portion of digital content;

    determining, by one or more computers comprising one or more processors, that the first link points to a second location in a second portion of the digital content;

    determining, by the one or more computers, that the second location is associated with a second link that points to a third location;

    determining, by the one or more computers, that the third location is within a number of locations from the first location within the digital content;

    determining, by the one or more computers, that the first location is before the second location in a sequence of locations of the digital content;

    determining, by the one or more computers, based at least in part on the third location being within the number of locations from the first location and the first location being before the second location, that the second location is associated with endnote content referenced by the first link and at least partially concurrently with a rendering of at least the first portion; and

    rendering, by the one or more computers, at least a portion of the endnote content as an overlay over the at least the first portion that has been rendered.

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