Method and apparatus for facilitating skimming of text
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating skimming by a user of a document presented on a presentation device using at least one variable emphasis attribute having at least three values, the document having a plurality of terms, the method comprising:
- determining a term-score for each of the plurality of terms;
mapping the term-score for each of the plurality of terms onto one of the at least three values of the at least one variable emphasis attribute; and
presenting to the user each of the plurality of terms of the document using the mapped values of the at least one variable emphasis attribute.
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Abstract
The electronic document reading and skimming system presents a document using a variable emphasis attribute. The emphasis varies based on a degree with which each term in the document represents the overall content of the document or the user'"'"'s interest with respect to that document. The system and method of this invention calculates a score for each term that reflects the degree to which each term represents the overall content of the document, maps the scores to a variable emphasis attribute of a presentation system and then presents the document in accordance with the mapped scores.
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1. A method for facilitating skimming by a user of a document presented on a presentation device using at least one variable emphasis attribute having at least three values, the document having a plurality of terms, the method comprising:
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determining a term-score for each of the plurality of terms; mapping the term-score for each of the plurality of terms onto one of the at least three values of the at least one variable emphasis attribute; and presenting to the user each of the plurality of terms of the document using the mapped values of the at least one variable emphasis attribute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for facilitating skimming of a document by a user, the document having a plurality of terms, the apparatus comprising:
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a processing system that determines a term-score for each of the plurality of terms and that maps the term-score of each of the plurality of terms onto one of at least three values of at least one variable emphasis attribute usable to present the document; and a presentation system that presents each of the plurality of terms of the document using the corresponding mapped values of the at least one variable emphasis attribute. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A graphical user interface for facilitating skimming by a user of a document, the document having a plurality of terms, the interface comprising:
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a processor that determines a term-score for each of the plurality of terms; a mapper that maps the term-score for each of the plurality of terms onto one of at least three values of at least one variable emphasis attribute; a display that displays at least one of the plurality of terms of the document using the mapped values of the at least one variable emphasis attribute; and a variable emphasis adjuster that is responsive to an adjustment by a user to remap the term-score for each of the plurality at terms onto one of the at least three values of the at least one variable emphasis attribute in accordance with the adjustment, wherein the display is responsive to the adjustment to redisplay at least one of the plurality of terms in accordance with the remapped values.
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