Patent ID: 9547994
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09B

Claim:
1. A reading device for displaying an electronic text and for accessing information relevant to the electronic text, comprising: a display screen; a processor coupled to a memory, the memory storing the electronic text and a software program; wherein the processor is programmed to access information relevant to the electronic text by: displaying at least a portion of the electronic text on the display screen; responsive to a selection from the display screen of a word or phrase from the electronic text on the display screen in situ, identifying only a selected word or phrase in the electronic text immediately previous to the selected word or phrase on the display screen and determining a location of the selected word or phrase in the electronic text immediately previous to the selected word or phrase on the display screen; and automatically displaying a sentence in which the selected word or phrase in the electronic text immediately previous to the selected word or phrase on the display screen appears.