System for automatically retrieving information relevant to text being authored
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1. A text authoring system comprising:
- a data input client for authoring text;
a keyword extractor for extracting a keyword from the authored text;
an information source;
a search engine for querying the information source using the extracted keyword; and
,a return of the results of the search engine querying the information source.
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Abstract
Text entry and information retrieval are combined in such a way as to automatically offer an author continuous retrieval of information potentially relevant to the text he is authoring. The author enters text in one portion of the user interface. Keywords are extracted from the text as the author enters them and are used as query words for an information retrieval mechanism to a document collection. Those queries return relevant information from the document collection in a second portion of the user interface. The user can then read or ignore the returned information or he can select the returned information to view the full context from which it came.
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1. A text authoring system comprising:
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a data input client for authoring text; a keyword extractor for extracting a keyword from the authored text; an information source; a search engine for querying the information source using the extracted keyword; and
,a return of the results of the search engine querying the information source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of authoring text in a computer system comprising the following steps:
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entering a portion of the text being authored; identifying a keyword in the entered portion of the text being authored; searching an information source for potentially relevant documents using the identified keyword; and
,returning a portion of a potentially relevant document retrieved from the searched information source. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A program storage medium having a program stored therein for causing a computer to perform the steps of:
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entering a portion of text being authored; identifying a keyword in the entered portion of the text being authored; searching an information source for potentially relevant documents using the identified keyword; and
,returning a portion of a potentially relevant document retrieved from the searched information source.
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35. A computer-based system for authoring text comprising:
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means for entering a portion of the text being authored; means for identifying a keyword in the entered portion of the text being authored; means for searching an information source for potentially relevant documents using the identified keyword; and
,means for returning a portion of a potentially relevant document retrieved from the searched information source.
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