Patent ID: 8453044
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of informing a reader of an electronic document that a reader's personal communication network includes a database that is likely to possess information on a topic related to a word appearing in the electronic document, the method comprising the steps of: comparing text recited in the electronic document and content within the database in the reader's personal communication network, the personal communication network being a type of social network that is based upon communication links between electronically stored databases; identifying a relationship between the word appearing in the electronic document and the content within the database in the reader's personal communication network; displaying a visual indicator distinguishing the word from other words in the electronic document that are unrelated to the content within the database in the reader's personal communication network; differentiating the word from a second word appearing in the electronic document, the second word related to a second topic for which a second database of the reader's personal communication network is likely to possess information; and, displaying the visual indicator of the word in a manner that distinguishes it from the second word; wherein at least one of: