Systems and methods for automatic identification and hyperlinking of words or other data items and for information retrieval using hyperlinked words or data items

摘要

A method of annotating an electronic document on a computer system comprising on a first computer system, receiving an electronic document, such as a web page, with at least one key element, consisting, for example of one or more words, recognizing the key element in the document, determining the position of the key element in the document, determining an identifier for the key element from a key list, annotating the document with data corresponding to the identifier, presenting the annotated document to a user so that the user may select the annotated key element, and retrieve data or information related to the key element.