Patent ID: 6845369
Filing Date: 2005-01-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of using and managing information represented in a digital form, comprising the steps of: (i) selecting an electronic document, said document including at least one of text, audio, video and graphic digital information; (ii) constructing an index of terms in said document, said index including a count of the occurrence of each said term in the document and a reference to a location in the document of each said occurrence of each said term; (iii) displaying said terms to a user; (iv) receiving input from said user to select a displayed one of the terms, constructing a respective context box for each said occurrence of said selected term, each said context box comprising a user-selected amount of digital information proximate to said selected term in said document, and displaying said context boxes to said user; and (v) receiving input from said user to select one of said displayed context boxes, and in a single display window distinct from said selected context box displaying said digital information associated with said selected context box and a portion of said document proximate to said displayed digital information and excluded from the selected context box.