Selective display of target areas in a document

• US 7,644,071 B1
• Filed: 08/26/2008
• Issued: 01/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Yamada, Seiji, Hosokawa, Takahito, Hattori, Yohichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Trujillo; James K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOMERS, MARC S
• Application Number:
  US12/198,565
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 707/3, 707/104.1, 715/200, 715/234, 715/235, 715/240, 715/241, 715/243, 715/244, 715/246, 715/247, 715/252, 715/253, 715/254, 715/273, 715/277
• US Class Current: 715/243
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A computer implemented method searches for keywords within a document and displays a surrounding context. A keyword search term and a view area size for the document are received. A plurality of occurrences of the search term is identified within the document. A view area size surrounding each occurrences of the search term is identified to form a plurality of view area sizes. An edited view of the document is displayed. The edited view includes a sequence of the plurality of view area sizes, wherein each of the plurality of view area sizes are separated by one of a plurality of interactive virtual boundary lines, and each of the a plurality of interactive virtual boundary lines have an indicator to form a plurality of indicators.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for searching for a keyword within a document, the method comprising:

receiving a keyword search term and a view area size for the document, wherein the view area size is a desired amount of context expressed in characters, lines of text or sentences;

identifying a plurality of occurrences of the search term within the document, and the view area size surrounding each of the plurality of occurrences of the search term to form a plurality of view area sizes; and

displaying an edited view of the document, the edited view comprising a sequence of the plurality of view area sizes, wherein each of the plurality of view area sizes are separated by one of a plurality of interactive bifurcated boundary lines, each of the plurality of interactive bifurcated boundary lines having a conceal/reveal indicator to form a plurality of conceal/reveal indicators, wherein each of the conceal/reveal indicators is a graphical indication of an amount of the document that is concealed between sequential view areas of the plurality of view area sizes.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting an interaction with an upper boundary of a first bifurcated boundary line of the plurality of interactive bifurcated boundary lines, wherein the upper boundary of the first bifurcated boundary line is associated with a first view area size of the plurality of view area sizes; and

responsive to detecting an interaction with the upper boundary of the first bifurcated boundary line, resizing the first view area size;

updating the reveal/conceal indicator associated with the first bifurcated boundary line to show an updated graphical indication of an amount of the document that is concealed between the first view area size and a second view area size of the plurality of view area sizes;

detecting an interaction with a lower boundary of the first bifurcated boundary line of the plurality of interactive bifurcated boundary lines, wherein the lower boundary of the first boundary line is associated with the second view area size of the plurality of view area sizes; and

responsive to detecting an interaction with the lower boundary of the first bifurcated boundary line, resizing the second view area size.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein each conceal/reveal indicator of the plurality of conceal/reveal indicators includes a close indicator;

detecting an interaction with a first close indicator of the plurality of close indicators wherein the first bifurcated boundary line is associated with a first view area size of the plurality of view area sizes; and

responsive to detecting an interaction with the first close indicator, removing the first view area size from the sequence of the plurality of view area sizes.