Patent ID: 6567801
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for automatically initiating a query of a knowledge portal from within a displayed document, the knowledge portal storing a plurality of objects linked by one or more relationships, the document displayed by a document viewer and comprising one or more words, the system comprising:a word designation module configured to receive a user designation of at least one word of the document; an object identification module configured to automatically identify a single object within the knowledge portal corresponding to the at least one designated word; a query formulation module configured to automatically formulate a query for identifying at least one additional object within the knowledge portal having a relationship with the single object, the at least one additional object comprising a non-navigational information item; a query initiation module configured to automatically direct the knowledge portal to initiate the query; and a relationships display module configured to display to a user a representation of the one or more additional objects related to the single object and a relationship between the single object and each additional object.