Patent ID: 8527863
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving an instruction to display a section of a referencing document on a screen, the section having at least one referencing link referencing a different section, wherein the different section comprises at least one of a different section of the referencing document and a different section of a referenced document; displaying the section of the referencing document on the screen; receiving a selection of a referencing link of the at least one referencing link; responsive to receiving the selection, responsive to determining that the previous section of the referencing document that is not currently being viewed on the screen has at least one other referencing link that references the different section, displaying a previous visual indicator that identifies the at least one other referencing link in the previous section, the previous visual indicator comprising a total number of the at least one other referencing links that are within the previous section; wherein the receiving of the instruction to display the section of the referencing document is in response to input from a user, wherein the user has previously viewed a different referencing document having at least one other referencing link to the different section; and responsive to the user highlighting the previous visual indicator, displaying a window on or near the previous visual indicator that indicates a number of the at least one other referencing link in the referencing document and indicates a number of the at least one other referencing link in the different referencing document.