SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEAR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION AND DEFINITION QUERY
First Claim
1. A method of operating a communication system, comprising:
- generating a transcript of at least a portion of a conversation between a plurality of users, the transcript including a plurality of subsets of characters;
displaying the transcript on a plurality of communication devices;
identifying an occurrence of at least one selected subset of characters from the plurality of subsets of characters;
querying a definition source for at least one definition for the selected subset of characters; and
displaying the definition for the selected subset of characters on the plurality of communication devices.
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Abstract
A method of operating a communication system includes generating a transcript of at least a portion of a conversation between a plurality of users. The transcript includes a plurality of subsets of characters. The method further includes displaying the transcript on a plurality of communication devices, identifying an occurrence of at least one selected subset of characters from the plurality of subsets of characters, and querying a definition source for at least one definition for the selected subset of characters. The definition for the selected subset of characters is displayed on the plurality of communication devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a communication system, comprising:
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generating a transcript of at least a portion of a conversation between a plurality of users, the transcript including a plurality of subsets of characters; displaying the transcript on a plurality of communication devices; identifying an occurrence of at least one selected subset of characters from the plurality of subsets of characters; querying a definition source for at least one definition for the selected subset of characters; and displaying the definition for the selected subset of characters on the plurality of communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communication system, comprising:
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a server configured to generate a transcript of at least a portion of a conversation between a plurality of users over a network, the transcript including a plurality of subsets of characters; and a plurality of communication devices configured to receive the transcript from the server and to display the transcript, wherein at least one of the communication devices is configured to receive input to identify an occurrence of at least one selected subset of characters from the plurality of subsets of characters; wherein the server is further configured to query a definition source for at least one definition for the selected subset of characters; and wherein the plurality of communication devices are configured to display the definition for the selected subset of characters. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed perform a method, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating a transcript of at least a portion of a conversation between a plurality of users, the transcript including a plurality of subsets of characters; displaying the transcript on a plurality of communication devices; identifying an occurrence of at least one selected subset of characters from the plurality of subsets of characters; querying a definition source for at least one definition for the selected subset of characters; and displaying the definition for the selected subset of characters on the plurality of communication devices. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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