公开(公告)号：CA2277209C

公开(公告)日：2003-01-14

申请号：CA2277209

申请日：1998-11-16

Applicant: APPLE COMPUTER

Inventor： BOGURAEV BRANIMIR ,  WONG YIN YIN ,  BELLAMY RACHEL KATHERINE EMMA

IPC: G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/30

Abstract: A method and system for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method and system comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing a plurality of topically rich capsule overviews corresponding to the plurality of documents . The method and system also includes dynamically delivering document content encapsulated in the plurality of capsule overviews. In so doing, a system an d method in accordance with the present invention can present thematic capsule overviews of the documents to users. A capsule overview is derived for the entire document, which will depict the core content of an average length article in a more accurate and representative manner thaw utilizing conventional techniques. The capsule overviews, delivered in a variety of dynamic presentation modes, allow the users to quickly get a sense of what a document is about, and decide whether they want to read it in more detail. I f so, the system and method greatly facilitate the process of focused navigati on into the parts of the document which may be of particular interest to the user. In a preferred embodiment, the capsule overviews include a containment hierarchy which relates the different information levels in a document together, and which includes a collection of highly salient topic stamps embedded in layers of progressively richer and more informative contextualiz ed text fragments. The novel presentation metaphors which the invention utilize s are based on notions of temporal typography, in particular for exploiting th e interactions between form and content.

公开(公告)号：AU1460699A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-07

申请号：AU1460699

申请日：1998-11-16

Applicant: APPLE COMPUTER

Inventor： BOGURAEV BRANIMIR ,  BELLAMY RACHEL KATHERINE EMMA ,  WONG YIN YIN

IPC: G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/30

Abstract: A method and system for generating a summary of a document for display to a user on a display are provided. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a first document originally spanning several paragraphs in length, and generating a first summary of the first document, in which the first summary spanning a length less than the original several paragraphs of the first document. The method further includes dynamically displaying the first summary to the user on the display including showing words or short phrases of the first summary at a same location in the display serially one word or short phrase after another. Each word or short phrase is less than a complete sentence.

公开(公告)号：CA2277209A1

公开(公告)日：1999-05-27

申请号：CA2277209

申请日：1998-11-16

Applicant: APPLE COMPUTER

Inventor： BOGURAEV BRANIMIR ,  BELLAMY RACHEL KATHERINE EMMA ,  WONG YIN YIN

IPC: G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/30

Abstract: A method and system for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method and system comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing a plurality of topically rich capsule overviews corresponding to the plurality of documents. The method and system also includes dynamically delivering document content encapsulated in the plurality of capsule overviews. In so doing, a system and method in accordance with the present invention can present thematic capsule overviews of the documents to users. A capsule overview is derived for the entire document, which will depict the core content of an average length article in a more accurate and representative manner thaw utilizing conventional techniques. The capsule overviews, delivered in a variety of dynamic presentation modes, allow the users to quickly get a sense of what a document is about, and decide whether they want to read it in more detail. If so, the system and method greatly facilitate the process of focused navigation into the parts of the document which may be of particular interest to the user. In a preferred embodiment, the capsule overviews include a containment hierarchy which relates the different information levels in a document together, and which includes a collection of highly salient topic stamps embedded in layers of progressively richer and more informative contextualized text fragments. The novel presentation metaphors which the invention utilizes are based on notions of temporal typography, in particular for exploiting the interactions between form and content.