Methods and apparatuses to generate links from content in an active window
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1. A method, comprising:
- analyzing text from content in an active window;
executing a query on the content in the active window without a user having to request the query;
embedding a first icon on a location of a display that also displays the content in the active window, where the first icon represents a category of links related to the content in the active window;
generating a list of links related to the content in the active window;
displaying the links in the list of links when the user activates the first icon;
controlling how and where the first icon and the generated list of links is physically presented to the user on the display so as to be visually unobtrusive to the user in relation to the content in the active window;
assigning a relevance rating to the links from the list of links from a scale of how relevant a given link is in relation to the content, wherein a given link must have a relevance rating that is equal to or above a minimum threshold relevance value in relation to the content before alerting the user by highlighting its corresponding icon; and
embedding two or more icons, including the first icon, in a title bar of an application operating in the active window to be located in a visually unobtrusive area of the display relative to the content in the active window, wherein a user interface highlights the first icon if one or more of the links related to the content exceeds the minimum threshold relevance rating to the content in the active window in order to unobtrusively visually attract the user'"'"'s attention to the one or more links, wherein the minimum threshold relevance value is adjustable by a user.
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Abstract
Various methods and apparatuses are described to generate a list of one or more links related to the content in an active window without a user having to request the query. The text from content in an active window may be analyzed. A query may be executed on the content in the active window without a user having to request the query. A first icon that represents a category of links related to the content may be embedded in an application operating in the active window. A list of links related to the content in the active window may be generated.
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1. A method, comprising:
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analyzing text from content in an active window; executing a query on the content in the active window without a user having to request the query; embedding a first icon on a location of a display that also displays the content in the active window, where the first icon represents a category of links related to the content in the active window; generating a list of links related to the content in the active window; displaying the links in the list of links when the user activates the first icon; controlling how and where the first icon and the generated list of links is physically presented to the user on the display so as to be visually unobtrusive to the user in relation to the content in the active window; assigning a relevance rating to the links from the list of links from a scale of how relevant a given link is in relation to the content, wherein a given link must have a relevance rating that is equal to or above a minimum threshold relevance value in relation to the content before alerting the user by highlighting its corresponding icon; and embedding two or more icons, including the first icon, in a title bar of an application operating in the active window to be located in a visually unobtrusive area of the display relative to the content in the active window, wherein a user interface highlights the first icon if one or more of the links related to the content exceeds the minimum threshold relevance rating to the content in the active window in order to unobtrusively visually attract the user'"'"'s attention to the one or more links, wherein the minimum threshold relevance value is adjustable by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article of manufacture being one or more machine-readable media that store instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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analyzing text from content in an active window without a user requesting the analysis; executing a query on the content in the active window without a user having to request the query; generating a list of links related to the content in the active window; and controlling how and where a first icon and the generated list of links is physically presented to the user on the display so as to be visually unobtrusive to the user in relation to the content in the active window by embedding in a title bar of an application operating in the active window a first icon associated with the list of links, displaying the list of links related to the content when a user activates the icon, calculating and assigning a relevance rating to the links from the list of links from a scale of how relevant a given link is in relation to the content, wherein a first link must have a relevance rating that is equal to or above a minimum threshold relevance rating in relation to the content before alerting the user by highlighting its corresponding first icon, and highlighting the first icon when one or more of the links related to the content is equal to or above the minimum threshold relevance level in relation to the content in the active window, wherein the minimum threshold relevance value is adjustable by a user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for analyzing text from content in an active window without a user requesting the analysis; means for executing a query on the content from the active window without a user having to request the query; means for generating a list of links related to the content in the active window; means for controlling how and where the first icon and the generated list of links is physically presented to the user on the display so as to be visually unobtrusive to the user in relation to the content in the active window; means for embedding a first icon that represents a category of links related to the content in a title bar of an application operating in the active window; means for assigning a relevance rating to each link from a measurable scale of how relevant that link is in relation to the content, wherein a first link from the list of links must have a relevance rating that is equal to or above a minimum threshold relevance rating in relation to the content before alerting the user by highlighting its corresponding icon; means for highlighting the first icon when one or more of the links related to the content is equal to or above the minimum threshold relevance level in relation to the content in the active window; and a display to display the list of links related to the content when a user activates the first icon, wherein the minimum threshold relevance value is a variable value, selectable by at least a user, on the measurable scale of how relevant that link is in relation to the content. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A machine-readable media that store instructions, which when executed by a machine, to cause the machine to perform operations, comprising:
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analyzing text from content in an active window without a user requesting the analysis; executing a query on the content in the active window without a user having to request the query; generating a ranked list of links related to the content in the active window; embedding in a title bar of an application operating in the active window a first icon associated with the list of links and a first category of links related to the content; displaying the generated list of links on a display that is also displaying the active window when the first icon is triggered; and controlling how and where the first icon and the generated list of links is physically presented to the user on the display so as to be visually unobtrusive to the user in relation to the content in the active window by assigning a relevance rating to the links from the list of links from a measurable scale of how relevant a given link is in relation to the content, wherein a given link must have a relevance rating that is equal to or above a minimum threshold relevance value in relation to the content before alerting the user by highlighting its corresponding icon, and embedding two or more icons, including the first icon, in the title bar of the application to be in a visually unobtrusive area of the display relative to the content in the active window, wherein a user interface highlights the first icon if one or more of the links related to the content is equal to or exceeds the minimum threshold relevance rating to the content in the active window in order to unobtrusively visually attract the user'"'"'s attention to the one or more links, wherein the minimum threshold relevance value is a variable value, selectable by at least a user, on the measurable scale of how relevant that link is in relation to the content. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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