Patent ID: 7437381

Claim:
A method for selectively accessing one or more parts of an electronic document by user-initiated action, the method comprising: selecting the electronic document on a computer system having executable memory; receiving document utilization information for the electronic document, wherein the document utilization information comprises information about parts of the electronic document, wherein the information is selected from a type comprising utility, usage based on history, and inserted commentary from one or more past users; generating an interactive graphical representation, wherein a point of the interactive graphical representation correlates to only one part of the electronic document, and wherein the point has an appearance directly corresponding to an amount of the information associated with the point, and further wherein the appearance is selected from a type comprising size, height, and color; displaying the document utilization information as the interactive graphical representation; selecting, in response to the displaying, at least one point on the interactive graphical representation; and displaying, to a user, the part of the electronic document associated with the point selected in response to the generating.