Systems, methods, and media for searching documents based on text characteristics
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for searching a document, the method comprising:
- receiving by a document searching system a request to search a document for a keyword and to limit the search based on one or more text characteristics associated with the keyword;
performing by the document searching system a search of the document based on the keyword and the one or more associated text characteristics to find an instance of the keyword; and
generating by the document searching system a search result based on the performed document search.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and media for searching documents based on text characteristics are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving by a document searching system a request to search a document for a keyword and to limit the search based on one or more text characteristics associated with the keyword. Embodiments may also include performing by the document searching system a search of the document based on the keyword and the one or more associated text characteristics to find an instance of the keyword and generating by the document searching system a search result based on the performed document search. The text characteristics in some embodiments may include one or more of font style information, font emphasis information, highlighting information, or color information. In some embodiments, performing the search of the document includes finding an instance of the keyword where the keyword has characteristics that match at least one associated text characteristic.
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1. A computer-implemented method for searching a document, the method comprising:
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receiving by a document searching system a request to search a document for a keyword and to limit the search based on one or more text characteristics associated with the keyword;
performing by the document searching system a search of the document based on the keyword and the one or more associated text characteristics to find an instance of the keyword; and
generating by the document searching system a search result based on the performed document search. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions effective, when executing in a data processing system, to cause said data processing system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving by a document searching system a request to search a document for a keyword and to limit the search based on one or more text characteristics associated with the keyword;
performing by the document searching system a search of the document based on the keyword and the one or more associated text characteristics to find an instance of the keyword; and
generating by the document searching system a search result based on the performed document search. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A document searching system, the system comprising:
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a reader user interface module, the reader user interface module being adapted to receive a request from a user to search a document based on a keyword and one or more text characteristics associated with the keyword;
a search module in communication with the reader user interface module, the search module being adapted to search the document based on the keyword to generate search results; and
a text characteristic search module in communication with the search module, the text characteristic search module being adapted to cooperate with the search module to limit the search results based on the one or more text characteristics associated with the keyword to be searched. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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