US 7,526,477 Claim Chart
US 7,526,477 (Krause)
1. A method for using a computer
system, in response to a reader's
request for display of electronic
text, to automatically identify and
provide additional reading
material related to concepts
referred to within said electronic
text comprising, in sequence, the
steps of:
1.a. on a client system,
1.a.1. accepting a request for
display of electronic text;
1.a.2. sending said request for
display of electronic text over a
network;
1.a.3. receiving said electronic
text, said electronic text
containing at least one text
section; and
1.a.4. without further user input,
US5,598,557(Donor)
Discloses "an apparatus and method for searching and
retrieving text found in a database as a function of their
relevancy to a desired subject matter." See 1:12-15.
Further discloses that "[c]omputers are then utilized to
access these databases in order to store additional new text
and to retrieve old, stored texts." See 1:28-30.
"A user initiates a search by selecting and opening a file
containing subject matter of particular interest. The
computer system performs a natural recognition algorithm
to determine the subject words of the document
corresponding to the selected file." See 2:62-65.
Discloses a user sending a request for the display of an
electronic text by selecting a file. "A user initiates a search
by selecting and opening a file containing subject matter of
particular interest." See 2:62-63.
Discloses a user system for retrieving electronic text
documents. "In a Document Agent Search, a user specifies
a reference document, and a search retrieves other similar
and related documents from the database. FIG. 7 is a
flowchart illustrating the basic steps involved in a
Document Agent Search. First, a user selects and opens a
reference document which is of interest." See 7:59-64.
"Once a database has been selected, the user can select a
weighted keyword search, a weighted Boolean search, or a
document agent search." See 5:21-24.
Further discloses that these retrieval requests may be
transmitted over a network. "Finally, computer system 100
can be a terminal in a computer network (i.e., a LAN)." See
4:60-63.
Discloses that retrieved documents contain at least one text
section. See supra Claim 1.a.2.
“[A] user selects and opens a reference document which is
of interest, step 701. The reference document is parsed into
sentences, step 702. This can be accomplished by a
determining period followed by two spaces and a capital
letter.” See 7:64-67.
Discloses sending a search request without further user
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sending a search request over said
network, from said client system,
for additional information related
to a concept referred to in said at
least one text section; and
1.b. on a server system,
responsive to step (a.4)
1. b.1. searching an index,
wherein
1.b.1.i. said index contains a
plurality of terms by which it may
be searched;
1.b.1.ii. substantially all terms in
said index are associated with at
least one pointer to a text section;
and
1.b.1.iii. at least one term in said
index is associated with a
plurality of pointers, at least two
of said plurality of pointers
pointing to different text sections;
1.b.2. as a result of step (b.1),
identifying additional reading
material related to said concept;
and
1.b.3. providing, via the network,
to said client system, for display
on the same page as a portion of
the electronic text section referred
input. "First, a user selects and opens a reference document
which is of interest, step 701. The reference document is
parsed into sentences, step 702. This can be accomplished
by a determining period followed by two spaces and a
capital letter." See 7:63-67.
Further discloses searching for additional information
related to the concept. "Based on the subject words of the
reference document, the weighted relevance of the
documents in the database is determined . . . Relevant
documents are retrieved, ranked, and displayed according
to their weighted relevance's, step 708." See 8:13-17.
"all texts in the database" See 1:52.
"Hence, all texts in the database containing a given
keyword are located by searching for that keyword in the
alphabetical index and returning a set of reference
numbers. Thereby, texts corresponding to the reference
numbers are known to contain the keyword and are
accessed via the computer." See 1:52-56.
Discloses the index containing a plurality of terms. See
supra Claim 1.b.1.i.
"Once all the subject words in the reference document have
been found, they are used in a statistical comparison
algorithm to determine the relevancy of each file in a
database. A file's relevancy is a function of both the
frequency of subject words occurring in that file and the
distribution of the subject words within the database." See
3:3-8.
Discloses terms which are associated with a plurality of
pointers. See supra Claim 1.b.1.iii.
Discloses identifying additional reading related to the
searched terms and the terms’ associated pointers. See
supra Claim 1.b.1.iii.
"The most relevant documents are displayed in at the top
of the list, while those which are not as relevant are
displayed in descending order." See 3:9-12.
Disclosed by FIG. 4 and associated text. "The extension of
the bar indicates that document's degree of relevance to the
keyword(s). For example, a search based on the keyword
WonderWidget 404 might result in the retrieval of three
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to in step (a.3), an indicator of documents 405-407 . . . A data sheet 405 describing the
said additional reading material product, which is highly relevant, is displayed at the top of
identified in step (b.2). the list and has a relatively long bar." See 5:47-54.

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