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US 8,027,989 B1Granted
Retrieving and providing contextual information
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorCarl Bruecken
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Abstract
An electronic dictionary may be created by receiving a data request action for a word appearing in an electronic document, accessing information regarding the context of the word derived from within the electronic document in which the word appears, storing the definition of the word along with the context information for the word, and enabling access by the user to the definition and the context information.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for providing a computer user with information related to electronic content, the method comprising:
- receiving a first request for information corresponding to first electronic content being rendered to a user submitting the first request when the first request is submitted;
- deriving context information associated with the first request based on the first electronic content being rendered to the user when the first request is submitted;
- in response to deriving the context information, storing the context information;
- receiving a second request, at a time subsequent to the first request, for information corresponding to second electronic content;
- in response to receiving the second request, determining whether the stored context information is relevant to the second request;
- in response to a determination that the stored context information is relevant to the second request:
- accessing, from electronic storage, the stored context information derived based on the first electronic content rendered during the first request;
- and
- causing presentation, to a user submitting the second request, of the accessed context information derived based on the first electronic content rendered during the first request along with information satisfying the second request.
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A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform operation comprising:
- receiving a first request for information corresponding to first electronic content being rendered to a user submitting the first request when the first request is submitted;
- deriving context information associated with the first request based on the first electronic content being rendered to the user when the first request is submitted;
- in response to deriving the context information, storing the context information;
- receiving a second request, at a time subsequent to the first request, for information corresponding to second electronic content;
- in response to receiving the second request, determining whether the stored context information is relevant to the second request;
- in response to a determination that the stored context information is relevant to the second request:
- accessing, from electronic storage, the stored context information derived based on the first electronic content rendered during the first request;
- and
- causing presentation, to a user submitting the second request, of the accessed context information derived based on the first electronic content rendered during the first request along with information satisfying the second request.
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A computer system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one computer-readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a first request for information corresponding to first electronic content being rendered to a user submitting the first request when the first request is submitted;
- deriving context information associated with the first request based on the first electronic content being rendered to the user when the first request is submitted;
- in response to deriving the context information, storing the context information;
- receiving a second request, at a time subsequent to the first request, for information corresponding to second electronic content;
- in response to receiving the second request, determining whether the stored context information is relevant to the second request;
- in response to a determination that the stored context information is relevant to the second request:
- accessing, from electronic storage, the stored context information derived based on the first electronic content rendered during the first request;
- and
- causing presentation, to a user submitting the second request, of the accessed context information derived based on the first electronic content rendered during the first request along with information satisfying the second request.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.