Automatically initiating a knowledge portal query from within a displayed document
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAlice Chiang, Brian Richard James Heumann
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Abstract
A system for automatically initiating a query of a knowledge portal from within a displayed document includes a word designation module configured to receive a user designation of at least two words of the document; an object identification module configured to automatically identify at least two objects within the knowledge portal corresponding to the at least two designated words; a query formulation module configured to automatically formulate a query for identifying at least one relationship within the knowledge portal linking the at least two objects; and a query initiation module configured to automatically direct the knowledge portal to initiate the query.
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A system for automatically initiating a query of a knowledge portal from within a displayed document, the knowledge portal storing a plurality of objects linked by one or more relationships, the document displayed by a document viewer and comprising one or more words, the system comprising:
- a word designation module configured to receive a user designation of at least two words of the document;
- an object identification module configured to automatically identify at least two objects within the knowledge portal corresponding to the at least two designated words;
- a query formulation module configured to automatically formulate a query for identifying at least one relationship within the knowledge portal linking the at least two objects;
- a query initiation module configured to automatically direct the knowledge portal to initiate the query;
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- a connections display module configured to display to a user the relationship between the at least two objects.
A computer-implemented method for automatically initiating a query of a knowledge portal from within a displayed document, the knowledge portal storing a plurality of objects linked by one or more relationships, the document displayed by a document viewer and comprising one or more words, the method comprising:
- receiving a user designation of at least two words of the document;
- automatically identifying at least two objects within the knowledge portal corresponding to the at least two designated words;
- automatically formulating a query for identifying at least one relationship within the knowledge portal linking the at least two objects;
- automatically directing the knowledge portal to initiate the query;
- and
- displaying to a user the relationship between the at least two objects.
An article of manufacture comprising a program storage medium readable by a processor and embodying one or more instructions executable by the processor to perform a computer-implemented method for automatically initiating a query of a knowledge portal from within a displayed document, the knowledge portal storing a plurality of objects linked by one or more relationships, the document displayed by a document viewer and comprising one or more words, the method comprising:
- receiving a user designation of at least two words of the document;
- automatically identifying at least two objects within the knowledge portal corresponding to the at least two designated words;
- automatically formulating a query for identifying at least one relationship within the knowledge portal between the at least two objects;
- automatically directing the knowledge portal to initiate the query;
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- displaying to a user the relationship between the at least two objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.