System, apparatus and method for using and managing digital information
First Claim
1. An article of manufacture including a tangible computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an electronic document;
constructing an index of terms from the electronic document, the index of terms including a count of each occurrence of each term in the electronic document and a reference to a location in the electronic document of each occurrence of each term;
transmitting the index of terms for display at a display device;
receiving input selecting a term of the displayed index of terms;
constructing a respective context box for each occurrence of the selected term, each context box representing a first respective portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document;
transmitting at least one context box for display at the display device;
receiving input selecting one context box of the at least one displayed context box; and
transmitting, for display in a single display window of the display device distinct from the selected context box displayed at the display device, the selected term and a second respective portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document, wherein the second respective portion of digital information in the electronic document is greater than the first respective portion of digital information in the electronic document.
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Abstract
A system, apparatus and method for using, identifying, interacting and managing digital information in a useful and convenient manner. When a digital representation of information is loaded, an index is constructed of unique terms in the information, which index includes the terms, a count of the occurrences of each term in the information and a reference to each location wherein the term occurs in the information. A user can select a term of interest from the index and a context box comprising a user-selected amount of information from before and/or after each occurrence of the selected term is displayed to the user to allow the user to more readily identify portions of the information which are of interest. The user can select one a context box of interest and the display of the information is repositioned to the location in the information which corresponds to the select box. A user can also create a knowledge base entry from each identified and/or selected portion of the information, which knowledge base can be searched in a variety of manners.
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32 Claims
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1. An article of manufacture including a tangible computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving an electronic document; constructing an index of terms from the electronic document, the index of terms including a count of each occurrence of each term in the electronic document and a reference to a location in the electronic document of each occurrence of each term; transmitting the index of terms for display at a display device; receiving input selecting a term of the displayed index of terms; constructing a respective context box for each occurrence of the selected term, each context box representing a first respective portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document; transmitting at least one context box for display at the display device; receiving input selecting one context box of the at least one displayed context box; and transmitting, for display in a single display window of the display device distinct from the selected context box displayed at the display device, the selected term and a second respective portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document, wherein the second respective portion of digital information in the electronic document is greater than the first respective portion of digital information in the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving an electronic document at a processing device; constructing at the processing device an index of terms from the electronic document, the index of terms including a count of each occurrence of each term in the electronic document and a reference to a location in the electronic document of each occurrence of each term; transmitting the index of terms for display at a display device; receiving at the processing device input selecting a term of the displayed index of terms; constructing at the processing device a respective context box for each occurrence of the selected term, each context box comprising the selected term and a respective first portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document; transmitting at least one context box for the selected term for display at the display device; receiving at the processing device input selecting one context box of the at least one displayed context box; and transmitting, for display in a single display window of the display device distinct from the selected context box, the selected term and a respective second portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document, wherein the respective second portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document is greater than the respective first portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system, comprising:
a computing device, including at least one processing device, configured to; receive an electronic document; construct an index of terms from the electronic document, the index of terms comprising a count of each occurrence of each term in the electronic document and a reference to a location in the electronic document of each occurrence of each term; transmit the index of terms for display on a display device; receive input selecting one term of the displayed index of terms; construct a respective context box for each occurrence of the selected term, each context box including a respective first portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document; transmit at least one context box for display on the display device; receive input selecting one context box of the at least one displayed context box; and transmit, for display in a single display window of the display device distinct from the selected context box, the selected term and a respective second portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document, wherein the respective second portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document is greater than the respective first portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system comprising:
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means for receiving an electronic document; means for constructing an index of terms from the electronic document, the index of terms including a count of each occurrence of each term in the electronic document and a reference to a location in the electronic document of each occurrence of each term; means for transmitting the index of terms for display at a display device; means for receiving input selecting a term of the displayed index of terms, constructing a respective context box for each occurrence of the selected term, each context box comprising a respective first portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document; means for transmitting at least one context box for display on the display device; means for receiving input selecting one context box of the at least one displayed context box; and means for transmitting, for display in a single display window of the display device distinct from the selected context box, the selected term and a respective second portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document, wherein the respective second portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document is greater than the respective first portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document.
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