Selecting portions of computer-accessible documents for post-selection processing
First Claim
1. A method for processing documents, the method comprising:
- automatically identifying text portions of a document, along with variations of at least one of the text portions in accordance with predefined variance criteria, as candidates for potential selection for a post-selection operation when the text portions meet predefined text selection candidate criteria;
recording a location of each of the candidates within the document in a store of candidate locations;
displaying the document on a computer display;
in response to determining that a cursor is in a predefined location of the document relative to a recorded location in the store of candidate locations of a candidate from the candidates in the document in the document,highlighting a text portion associated with the candidate in the document, wherein the highlighting is done independent of any input received via a computer input device to indicate an extent of the text portion,in response to receiving selection of the highlighted text portion, recording the selection of the text portion in association with the text portion in a store of selections; and
performing the post-selection operation on the selected text portion of the document.
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Abstract
Processing documents by highlighting a portion of a document displayed on a computer display, where the portion is highlighted when a cursor is in a predefined location of the display relative to the location of the portion of the document, where the portion is identified as a candidate for selection for a post-selection operation prior to the cursor being in the predefined location of the display, and where the highlighting is done independent of any input received via a computer input device to indicate the extents of the portion, and recording a selection of the portion when an input that is predefined to indicate a selection action is received in association with the portion via a computer input device.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for processing documents, the method comprising:
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automatically identifying text portions of a document, along with variations of at least one of the text portions in accordance with predefined variance criteria, as candidates for potential selection for a post-selection operation when the text portions meet predefined text selection candidate criteria; recording a location of each of the candidates within the document in a store of candidate locations; displaying the document on a computer display; in response to determining that a cursor is in a predefined location of the document relative to a recorded location in the store of candidate locations of a candidate from the candidates in the document in the document, highlighting a text portion associated with the candidate in the document, wherein the highlighting is done independent of any input received via a computer input device to indicate an extent of the text portion, in response to receiving selection of the highlighted text portion, recording the selection of the text portion in association with the text portion in a store of selections; and performing the post-selection operation on the selected text portion of the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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