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Method and apparatus for facilitating comprehension of on-line documents

  • US 5,359,514 A
  • Filed: 08/03/1993
  • Issued: 10/25/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer implemented method of teaching a specific individual reader and automatically improving comprehensibility of a document on a computer system for that reader, comprising the steps of:

  • storing a business thesaurus file in a storage device accessible by the computer system;

    storing a list of reader identified known words in said storage device;

    associating reader defined parameters with said known words in order to ensure said known words are currently known to the reader;

    automatically comparing all words in the document to said list of known words to identify unknown words;

    automatically accessing said business thesaurus file to obtain a synonym for each of said unknown words, said synonym also being on said list of known words;

    automatically updating said list of known words to remove words that have become not currently known and to add words that have become currently known in accordance with said reader defined parameters; and

    automatically displaying the document to the reader with said synonym displayed adjacent each of said unknown words corresponding thereto, wherein the reader learns a meaning of said unknown words and the document is automatically more comprehensible to the reader.

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