Document display system and electronic dictionary
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1. A method of displaying an electronic document to a user on a device enabling the user to select items such as character strings in the electronic document, comprising:
- attaching dictionary access information to character strings in said electronic document;
displaying said electronic document with said dictionary access information attached, said character strings being visibly marked to indicate presence of said dictionary access information without displaying said dictionary access information itself; and
displaying an entry from an electronic dictionary, if the user selects a character string to which said dictionary access information is attached, said entry defining said charater string; and
removing, from said electronic document, hypertext links to other electronic documents, before said step of attaching dictionary access information.
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Abstract
A document display system displays the contents of an electronic document. If the user requests dictionary access, the electronic document is modified by attaching invisible dictionary access information to words in the document. The modified document is then displayed, the words to which the dictionary access information is attached being visibly marked. If the user selects a word to which dictionary access information is attached, an electronic dictionary entry for the word is automatically retrieved and displayed.
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1. A method of displaying an electronic document to a user on a device enabling the user to select items such as character strings in the electronic document, comprising:
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attaching dictionary access information to character strings in said electronic document; displaying said electronic document with said dictionary access information attached, said character strings being visibly marked to indicate presence of said dictionary access information without displaying said dictionary access information itself; and displaying an entry from an electronic dictionary, if the user selects a character string to which said dictionary access information is attached, said entry defining said charater string; and removing, from said electronic document, hypertext links to other electronic documents, before said step of attaching dictionary access information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A document display system having a client device for displaying electronic documents to a user, receiving commands from the user, and enabling the user to select character strings in said electronic document, comprising:
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an electronic dictionary coupled to said client device, having a plurality of entries stored on an electronically accessible medium; a dictionary linker coupled to said client device, operable to attach dictionary access information to character strings in an electronic document displayed by said client device, responsive to a command received by said client device from the user, said dictionary access information causing said client device to retrieve and display an entry from said electronic dictionary when the user selects a character string to which said dictionary access information is attached; and a link remover coupled to said dictionary linker, operable to remove hypertext links from electronic documents before said dictionary linker attaches said dictionary access information to character strings in said electronic documents. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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