Patent ID: 8397163
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of assisting in the assimilation of electronic information, the method comprising: selecting a portion of an electronic document that is to remain visible to a user; generating a window that displays the selected portion of the electronic document; converting the electronic document into a hyper-document so that each word in the hyper-document comprises an access point; selecting a first access point from the hyper-document; performing a first electronic search in response to selecting the first access point; selecting a second access point from search results provided by the first electronic search; generating a map that graphically represents a user-guided exploratory path from the first access point to the second access point; performing a second electronic search in response to selecting the second access point; selecting a third access point from search results provided by the second electronic search; and updating the map so that the map is shaped by a user-guided exploratory path from the first access point to the second access point to the third access point so as to only indicate the search results that the user has viewed.