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Contextual information lookup and navigation

  • US 9,754,034 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2013
  • Issued: 09/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of facilitating contextual information lookup and navigation within an application, the method comprising:

  • receiving an indication of an initial content selection from a user in an application in which the user is consuming or creating content, the content comprising text displayed via a user interface of the application and the initial content selection being from within a region of the user interface where the text is displayed;

    in response to receiving the indication of the initial content selection from within the region of the user interface where the text is displayed, determining an identified selection from the initial content selection, refining the identified selection based on an expanded portion of content including at least a portion of text that is from within the region of the user interface where the text is displayed and that surrounds identified selection, and determining a plurality of contextual search results generated based on the identified selection by using the initial content selection and a selection context including the expanded portion of content surrounding the identified selection.

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