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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2001
Andreas Dieberger, San Jose, CA (US);
Dulce Beatriz Ponceleon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel Martin Russell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andreas Dieberger, San Jose, CA (US);
Dulce Beatriz Ponceleon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel Martin Russell, Palo Alto, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for visualizing and navigating document content using a condensed representation of a document to provide both a global overview of the distribution of key search terms as well as their immediate context. The invention supports rapid skimming of documents and document collections and enables efficient information finding, in some cases entirely eliminating the need to scroll within a document as with a conventional browser tool. The invention is of particular utility with personal digital assistants, which generally have small displays and limited storage capacity and communication bandwidth in comparison to personal computers. Documents may include conventional text and image files, web pages, audio files, and video files. The invention may also apply to collections of documents.