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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999

Filed:

Jun. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mark S Dionne, Newton, MA (US);

Michael T Gorman, Waltham, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G10L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704271 ; 704276 ; 704277 ; 707-1 ; 345338 ; 345348 ; 345340 ;
Abstract

A reading machine includes computer program residing on a computer readable medium operable with an operating system that permits the production of windows on a display. The program has instructions for causing a computer to provide a first user selected call a first user selected routine in response to a user selecting a first word that the user seeks assistance in understanding and produce a text file for the first selected word comprised of data that assists the user call. An operating system routine commands the operating system to create a new window on the display and fill the new window on the display with the information contained in the text file. A second user selected call to a user selected routine can be provided for word that the user seeks assistance in understanding to provide a recursive enrichment feature.


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