Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Navigational aid for electronic books and documents
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Application No.: US14523404Application Date: 2014-10-24
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Publication No.: US09720914B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Rakesh Agrawal , Krishnaram Kenthapadi , Anitha Kannan , Sreenivas Gollapudi
- Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and computer storage media are provided for generating rich navigational study aids for electronic books. For a particular section of interest in a document, one or more related sections for providing additional context to the particular section are determined. The related sections are ranked based on a score indicating significance to the particular section. Based on a user's information processing preference, a set of ranked navigational links to each related section is presented to the user for additional context related to the particular section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160117406A1 NAVIGATIONAL AID FOR ELECTRONIC BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS Public/Granted day:2016-04-28
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