Patent ID: 7143348
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06F,G09B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for using a computer system, in response to a reader's request for display of electronic text, to automatically identify and provide additional reading material related to concepts referred to within said electronic text comprising, in sequence, the steps of: a) accessing, using the reader's computer, electronic text requested for display by the reader, said electronic text containing at least one text section; b) using said at least one text section to automatically formulate, on the reader's computer, a search request related to a concept referred to in said at least one text section; c) responsive to said search request, automatically searching an index, wherein d) responsive to step (c), automatically identifying additional reading material related to said concept; and e) automatically displaying on said reader's computer display, an indicator of said additional reading material together with at least one link to a source of said additional reading material, side-by-side with a portion of the electronic text referred to in step (a).