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Hypertext browser assistant

  • US 8,688,687 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 04/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors, information associated with a selection of one or more words in a document;

    determining, by the one or more processors and based on the received information, whether the selected one or more words are associated with a first type of search or a second type of search,the first type of search being different than the second type of search;

    selectively generating, by the one or more processors and based on determining whether the selected one or more words are associated with the first type of search or the second type of search, a first search query or a second search query,the first search query using the selected one or more words, andthe second search query using one or more textual concepts in the selected one or more words,the one or more textual concepts being determined;

    based on determining that the selected one or more words are associated with the second type of search, andusing a summarization technique;

    receiving, by the one or more processors and based on the first search query or the second search query, search results; and

    providing, for presentation and by the one or more processors, the received search results.

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