Interactive document summarization
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1. A computer system with a direct manipulation interface comprising:
- a continuously variable graphical user control means for setting a level indicator in the computer system;
a separating means for dividing a document into separate portions;
a ranking means for ranking the separate portions of the document from highest to lowest relevance according to the relevance of the separate portions of the document to the document as a whole;
a summary-producing means for extracting as many of the highest ranking separate portions of the document as dictated by the level indicator setting;
a display means for displaying the extracted separate portions of the document on a display screen of the computer system.
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Abstract
A real-time interactive document summarization system which allows the user to continuously control the amount of detail to be included in a document summary.
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44 Claims
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1. A computer system with a direct manipulation interface comprising:
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a continuously variable graphical user control means for setting a level indicator in the computer system; a separating means for dividing a document into separate portions; a ranking means for ranking the separate portions of the document from highest to lowest relevance according to the relevance of the separate portions of the document to the document as a whole; a summary-producing means for extracting as many of the highest ranking separate portions of the document as dictated by the level indicator setting; a display means for displaying the extracted separate portions of the document on a display screen of the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system for displaying a summary of a document comprising:
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a document containing one or more separate sentences; a relevance ranking means for ranking the relevance of the one or more separate sentences to the document as a whole; a continuously variable graphical control means for specifying an amount of the document to be included in the summary; a display means for displaying the summary of the document based upon the specified document summary amount and the ranked relevance of the one or more sentences. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for displaying on an electronic display a summary of a document comprising one or more sentences, the method comprising the following steps:
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ranking the relevance of the one or more sentences of the document to the document as a whole; displaying on the electronic display an initial number of the one or more sentences of the document based upon the ranking of the relevance of the one or more sentences of the document to the document as a whole; specifying a subsequent number of the one or more sentences of the document by user control of a continuously variable graphical user control means; displaying on the electronic display the subsequent number of the ranked one or more sentences of the document. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for a user to display a summary of a document on an electronic display, the document comprising one or more sentences, the method comprising the following steps:
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separating the one or more sentences of the document; ranking the relevance of the one or more sentences of the document to the document as a whole; displaying an initial number of the separate one or more sentences of the document based upon the relevance ranking of the one or more sentences of the document; repeatedly specifying a subsequent number of the separate one or more sentences of the document by user control of a user control means and displaying the summary including the subsequent number of the ranked one or more sentences of the document. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for a user to display a summary of a document on a display means comprising the following steps:
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separating the document into its constituent parts; ranking the relevance of the separate constituent parts of the document to the document as a whole; displaying on the display means an initial number of the separate constituent parts of the document based upon the relevance ranking of the separate constituent parts of the document;
repeatedly specifying a subsequent number of the separate constituent parts of the document by user control of a continuously variable control means and displaying on the display means the subsequent number of the ranked separate constituent parts of the document. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer system medium containing a series of instructions configured to cause a computer system to perform steps of the following method for displaying on an electronic display a summary of a document comprising one or more sentences:
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ranking the relevance of the one or more sentences of the document to the document as a whole; displaying on the electronic display an initial number of the one or more sentences of the document based upon the ranking of the one or more sentences of the document; specifying a subsequent number of the one or more sentences of the document by user control of a continuously variable user control means; displaying on the electronic display the subsequent number of the raked one or more sentences of the document. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer system medium containing a series of instructions configured to cause a computer system to perform steps of the following method:
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a. dividing a document into separate portions; b. relevance ranking the separate portions of the document to the document as a whole; c. receiving a specified number of the separate portions of the document specified by a continuously variable user interface element; and d. displaying the specified number of the separate portions of the document in an order determined by the relevance ranking. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer system method comprising the following steps:
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a. dividing a document into separate portions; b. relevance ranking the separate portions of the document to the document as a whole; c. receiving a specified number of the separate portions of the document specified by a continuously variable user interface element; and d. displaying the specified number of the separate portions of the document in an order determined by the relevance raking. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44)
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41. A computer system comprising:
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a. a separator for dividing a document into separate portions; b. a ranker coupled to said separator for relevance ranking the separate portions of the document to the document as a whole; c. a receiver for receiving a specified number of the separate portions of the document specified by a continuously variable user interface element; and d. a displayer coupled to the ranker, the receiver and a display for displaying on the display the specified number of the separate portions of the document in an order determined by the relevance ranking.
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