Disclosed herein are systems and methods for navigating electronic texts. According to an aspect, a method may include determining text subgroups within an electronic text. The method may also include selecting a text seed within one of the text subgroups. Further, the method may include determining a similarity relationship between the text seed and one or more adjacent text subgroups that do not include the selected text seed. The method may also include associating the text seed with the one or more adjacent text subgroups based on the similarity relationship to create a text cluster.

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›1.independentA method comprising:ndetermining, using a processor, text subgroups within an electronic text;determining, using the processor, a relevance score for …+18

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein determining the text subgroups comprises defining the text subgroups according to one of chapters, paragraphs, and sent…d2

›3.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein determining a relevance score comprises determining the relevance score based on a frequency of the words.d2+1

›5.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the text seed comprises selecting the text seed based on user input.d2

›6.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein linking the text cluster to the other one of the text subgroups comprises:ndetermining a first similarity score between…d2

›7.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising:nselecting one or more other text seeds within the selected text subgroup; andfor each of the selected other…d2

›8.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein determining the similarity relationship comprises one of performing semantic analysis, performing natural language proc…d2

›9.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein determining the similarity relationship comprises:nusing a semantic graph representing relations between words to compa…d2+1

›11.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a navigational aid in metadata of the electronic text that indicates linkage of the text cluster wit…d2

›13.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising:nlinking the text cluster to another one of the text subgroups within the electronic text based on a similar…d2

›14.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising linking the text cluster to another one of the text subgroups within the electronic text based on a similari…d2+2

›17.↳ 1The method of claim 1, further comprising linking the text cluster to another one of the text subgroups within the electronic text based on a similari…d2+3

›12.independentThe method of clam 1, further comprising:nreceiving user input for selecting the navigational link; andin response to receiving the user input, contro…

›21.independentAn electronic device comprising:na processor and memory comprising an electronic document manager configured to:ndetermine text subgroups within an el…

›22.independentA non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the following steps:ndetermini…

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IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06F17/27
G06F3/0483
G06F17/28

USPC · US Patent Classification

704/9715/776704/1

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Type	Document	Date
provisional	US 61387718	29 Sep 2010
related publication	US 20120078612 A1	29 Mar 2012

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