Methods and Apparatus for Improved Navigation Among Controlled Terms in One or More User Documents

An apparatus for navigating among a plurality of occurrences of a controlled term in one or more documents, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to:
• provide a link for each of said occurrences of said controlled term, wherein each of said links include a plurality of destination links, wherein each of said destination links allow a user to navigate to a corresponding one of the other of said plurality of occurrences in said one or more documents;
• in response to a user activating one of said links, present said user with a list of said other of said plurality of occurrences in said one or more documents associated with said activated link;
• receive a user selection of at least one of said destination links;
• and
• jump, in response to said user selection, to a destination in said one or more documents associated with said selected destination link.

An article of manufacture for navigating among a plurality of occurrences of a controlled term in one or more documents, comprising a machine readable recordable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:

• provide a link for each of said occurrences of said controlled term, wherein each of said links include a plurality of destination links, wherein each of said destination links allow a user to navigate to a corresponding one of the other of said plurality of occurrences in said one or more documents;
• in response to a user activating one of said links, presenting said user with a list of said other of said plurality of occurrences in said one or more documents associated with said activated link;
• receive a user selection of at least one of said destination links;
• and
• jump, in response to said user selection, to a destination in said one or more documents associated with said selected destination link.