Patent Document ID: 6021412
Application ID: 08624353

Base Claim:
1. A method in a computer system for selecting a graphic image from a plurality of graphic images, the selected graphic image illustrating a concept expressed by a portion of text contained in a document, so that the selected graphic image can be inserted into the documents the method comprising the steps of: (a) automatically identifying a concept expressed by the portion of text in the document that corresponds to a concept represented by at least one of the plurality of graphic images; (b) automatically indicating specific graphic images corresponding to said concept identified in step (a); and (c) enabling a user to select a graphic image from the specific graphic images to be inserted into the document.

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Claim 8:
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: (a) detecting an idle period within the computer system; and (b) in response to detecting the idle period, automatically executing steps (a) and (b) of claim 1 to indicates specific graphic images from which the user selects the graphic image to be inserted into the document.