Patent ID: 7734634

Claim:
An article of manufacture including a tangible computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising: receiving an electronic document; constructing an index of terms from the electronic document, the index of terms including a count of each occurrence of each term in the electronic document and a reference to a location in the electronic document of each occurrence of each term; transmitting the index of terms for display at a display device; receiving input selecting a term of the displayed index of terms; constructing a respective context box for each occurrence of the selected term, each context box representing a first respective portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document; transmitting at least one context box for display at the display device; receiving input selecting one context box of the at least one displayed context box; and transmitting, for display in a single display window of the display device distinct from the selected context box displayed at the display device, the selected term and a second respective portion of digital information proximate the selected term in the electronic document, wherein the second respective portion of digital information in the electronic document is greater than the first respective portion of digital information in the electronic document.