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Active markup--a system and method for navigating through text collections
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1998-03-02
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Granted: 2000-08-08
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Expires: 2018-03-02
Abstract
Abstract Concepts in documents selected are identified to a user. These concepts are represented by multiple words. A search engine is used to that accesses one or more selected documents from a plurality of documents storied in one or more of the memories. Then a markup engine selects multiple-word terms in each of one or more of the selected documents. The selected words, often multiple word/concepts, are selected because they are repeated in one of the documents and because that meet grammatical criteria. After the markup engine selects the selected words, it marks each of the selected words with marker. These active markers can then be used to launch additional searches or displays of related information. Optionally, documents with the selected words are displayed to a user with the markers.
Inventors
- 👤 James William Cooper
- 👤 Mary Susan Neff
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 14:20
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/951; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/12; G06F40/14; G06F40/143; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99943; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945; Y10S707/99948
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
A computer system for identifying concepts in a document to a user, comprising: one or more memories and one or more central processing units; a search engine, executed by one or more of the central processing units, that accesses one or more selected documents from a plurality of documents stored in one or more of the memories, the selected documents satisfying a query; a markup engine, executed by one or more of the central processing units, that selects multi-word terms in each of one or more of the selected documents, the selected multi-word terms being selected because they are repeated in one of the documents and because they meet a grammatical criteria, the markup engine further marking each of the selected multi-word terms with an HTML markers; wherein the markup engine produces a web page display of one or more of the documents on a display, displayed documents including one or more of the HTML markers as display markers, one or more of the display markers being active; and wherein selecting a display marker causes one or more of the following actions to occur: launching a program, initiating a second search, and accessing a second set of documents.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
A computer system for identifying concepts in a document to a user, comprising: one or more memories and one or more central processing units; a search engine, executed by one or more of the central processing units, that accesses one or more selected documents from a plurality of documents stored in one or more of the memories, the selected documents satisfying a query; a markup engine, executed by one or more of the central processing units, that selects multi-word terms in each of one or more of the selected documents, the selected multi-word terms being selected because they are repeated in one of the documents and because they meet a grammatical criteria, the markup engine further marking each of the selected multi-word terms with an HTML markers; wherein the markup engine produces a web page display of one or more of the documents on a display, displayed documents including one or more of the HTML markers as display markers, one or more of the display markers being active; and wherein selecting a display marker causes one or more of the following actions to occur: launching a program, initiating a second search, and accessing a second set of documents.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
A computer system, as in claim 1, where the multi-word terms are selected because the terms are in one or more of the following grammatical criteria: a proper name, a proper name of a person, a proper name of a place, a proper name of an organization, a proper name of a governmental function, a proper name of a governmental law, a multi-word term, and a multi-word technical term.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A computer system, as in claim 1, where the marker is any one or more of the following: a highlight, a JavaScript, a web page scripting language, and an html statement.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
A computer system, as in claim 1, where the selected multi-word terms must be repeated in the document more than a threshold number of times.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A computer system, as in claim 1, where the computer is connected to a network and the computer performs and one of the following functions: a server and a client.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A computer system, as in claim 1, where one or more of the display markers are one of the following: a hypertext link, a JavaScript object, a scripting language object, and a Java applet.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A computer system, as in claim 1, where one or more of the display markers accesses any one or more of the following: an advertisement, a product information document, a service, an article of manufacture, and a document with corporate information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A computer system, as in claim 7, where the article of manufacture is any one of the following: a book, a consumer electronic product, and a consumer catalog sales product.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A computer system, as in claim 7, where the service is any one of the following: legal advice, legal research, hotel reservations, flight reservations, and restaurant and entertainment reservations.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
143 words
A method for marking up one or more of a plurality of electronic documents selected by a search, the method comprising the steps of: selecting one or more words and multi-word terms in each of one or more of the selected documents, the selected words and multi-word terms being selected because they are repeated in one of the documents and because they meet grammatical criteria; marking each of the selected words and multi-word terms with a marker; displaying a web page of one or more of the documents on a display, displayed documents including one or more of the HTML markers as display markers, one or more of the display markers being active; and wherein selecting a display marker causes one or more of the following actions to occur; launching a program, initiating a second search, and accessing a second set of documents.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
143 words
A method for marking up one or more of a plurality of electronic documents selected by a search, the method comprising the steps of: selecting one or more words and multi-word terms in each of one or more of the selected documents, the selected words and multi-word terms being selected because they are repeated in one of the documents and because they meet grammatical criteria; marking each of the selected words and multi-word terms with a marker; displaying a web page of one or more of the documents on a display, displayed documents including one or more of the HTML markers as display markers, one or more of the display markers being active; and wherein selecting a display marker causes one or more of the following actions to occur; launching a program, initiating a second search, and accessing a second set of documents.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
128 words
A computer system comprising: means for selecting words and multi-word terms in each of one or more selected documents, the selected words and multi-word terms being selected because they are repeated in one of the documents and because they meet a grammatical criteria; and means for marking each of the selected words and multi-word terms with a marker; means for displaying a web page of one or more of the documents, displayed documents including one or more of the HTML markers as display markers, one or more of the display markers being active; and means for selecting a display marker, selecting a display marker causing one or more of the following actions to occur; launching a program, initiating a second search, and accessing a second set of documents.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
128 words
A computer system comprising: means for selecting words and multi-word terms in each of one or more selected documents, the selected words and multi-word terms being selected because they are repeated in one of the documents and because they meet a grammatical criteria; and means for marking each of the selected words and multi-word terms with a marker; means for displaying a web page of one or more of the documents, displayed documents including one or more of the HTML markers as display markers, one or more of the display markers being active; and means for selecting a display marker, selecting a display marker causing one or more of the following actions to occur; launching a program, initiating a second search, and accessing a second set of documents.
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