Query generation from displayed text documents using virtual magnets
US8756503B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 21, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 14, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method are provided for dynamically generating a query using touch gestures. A virtual magnet is movable on a display device of a tactile user interface in response to touch. A user selects one of a set of text documents for review, which is displayed on the display. The system is configured for recognizing a highlighting gesture on the tactile user interface over the displayed document as a selection of a text fragment from the document text. The virtual magnet is populated with a query which is based on the text fragment selected with the highlighting gesture. The populated magnet is able to cause a subset of displayed graphic objects to exhibit a response to the magnet as a function of the query and the text content of the respective documents which the objects represent and/or to cause responsive instances in a text document to be displayed.
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