Method and apparatus for facilitating skimming of text

Details Method and apparatus for facilitating skimming of text Method and apparatus for facilitating skimming of text

1998-01-06

2000-10-03

Feild, Joseph H.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707 3, G06F 1730, G06F 1700

Patent

active

061286346

ABSTRACT:
The electronic document reading and skimming system presents a document using a variable emphasis attribute. The emphasis varies based on a degree with which each term in the document represents the overall content of the document or the user's interest with respect to that document. The system and method of this invention calculates a score for each term that reflects the degree to which each term represents the overall content of the document, maps the scores to a variable emphasis attribute of a presentation system and then presents the document in accordance with the mapped scores.

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