PRODUCING AUTOMATED TERMS LISTINGS IN HTML DOCUMENT PUBLISHING WITH ENHANCED TERMS DEFINITIONS

1 . A method for generating a terms listing associated with an educational electronic document, the method comprising:

reconstructing the educational electronic document to identify locations of content in the electronic document;

identifying, based on the reconstruction, a glossary associated with the electronic document, the glossary including a listing of a plurality of primary terms of the electronic document and definitions associated with each primary term;

extracting a plurality of the primary terms from the glossary, each extracted primary term associated with a location in the electronic document based on the reconstruction;

extracting a plurality of primary definitions from the glossary, each primary definition associated with an extracted primary term;

storing each extracted primary term in connection with the extracted primary definition associated with the term;

identifying a primary term occurring in a related content document;

extracting content from the related content document related to the identified primary term, the extracted content comprising a secondary definition of the identified primary term; and

storing the secondary definition in connection with the identified primary term.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the educational electronic document is in a first language, wherein the related content document is a dictionary in a second language, and wherein the method further comprises:

translating the primary term into the second language; and

identifying a definition associated with the translated term in the second language dictionary;

wherein extracting the content associated with the identified primary term comprises extracting the definition associated with the translated term.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

extracting from the second language dictionary, an audio file including a pronunciation of the primary term in the second language.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the related content document is a thesaurus including synonyms of the identified primary term, and wherein extracting the content associated with the identified primary term comprises:

extracting the synonyms from the thesaurus; and

storing the extracted synonyms in connection with the identified primary term.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

filtering the primary terms based on the location of each primary term in the electronic document; and

sending the filtered primary terms for rendering by a client device of a user.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving from client devices, a listing of a plurality of primary terms searched by users of the client devices in relation to the electronic content, each searched term associated with a time stamp identifying a time at which the searched term was received;

filtering the searched terms based on the time stamp of at least one search corresponding to each searched term; and

sending the filtered terms for rendering by a client device of a user.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a user is connected to a plurality of other users in a social graph, and wherein the method further comprises:

filtering the primary terms based on the connections in the social graph; and

sending the filtered primary terms for rendering by a client device of the user.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

accessing a second electronic document, the second electronic document having similar subject matter to the first electronic document;

extracting plurality of terms from the second electronic document; and

storing the extracted terms as secondary terms of the first electronic document.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending a markup language region for rendering by a client device of a user, the markup language region displaying a primary term;

receiving a user input at the markup language region; and

sending the a page of the electronic document corresponding to the location of the primary term in the electronic document for rendering by the client device.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable program instructions for generating a terms listing associated with an educational electronic document, the computer program instructions comprising instructions for:

reconstructing the educational electronic document to identify locations of content in the electronic document;

identifying, based on the reconstruction, a glossary associated with the electronic document, the glossary including a listing of a plurality of primary terms of the electronic document and definitions associated with each primary term;

extracting a plurality of the primary terms from the glossary, each extracted primary term associated with a location in the electronic document based on the reconstruction;

extracting a plurality of primary definitions from the glossary, each primary definition associated with an extracted primary term;

storing each extracted primary term in connection with the extracted primary definition associated with the term;

identifying a primary term occurring in a related content document;

extracting content from the related content document related to the identified primary term, the extracted content comprising a secondary definition of the identified primary term; and

storing the secondary definition in connection with the identified primary term.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the educational electronic document is in a first language, wherein the related content document is a dictionary in a second language, and wherein the computer program instructions further comprise instructions for:

translating the primary term into the second language; and

identifying a definition associated with the translated term in the second language dictionary;

wherein extracting the content associated with the identified primary term comprises extracting the definition associated with the translated term.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , the computer program instructions further comprising instructions for:

extracting from the second language dictionary, an audio file including a pronunciation of the primary term in the second language.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the related content document is a thesaurus including synonyms of the identified primary term, and wherein extracting the content associated with the identified primary term comprises:

extracting the synonyms from the thesaurus; and

storing the extracted synonyms in connection with the identified primary term.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the computer program instructions further comprising instructions for:

filtering the primary terms based on the location of each primary term in the electronic document; and

sending the filtered primary terms for rendering by a client device of a user.

15 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the computer program instructions further comprising instructions for:

receiving from client devices, a listing of a plurality of primary terms searched by users of the client devices in relation to the electronic content, each searched term associated with a time stamp identifying a time at which the searched term was received;

filtering the searched terms based on the time stamp of at least one search corresponding to each searched term; and

sending the filtered terms for rendering by a client device of a user.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein a user is connected to a plurality of other users in a social graph, and wherein the computer program instructions further comprising instructions for:

filtering the primary terms based on the connections in the social graph; and

sending the filtered secondary terms for rendering by a client device of the user.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the computer program instructions further comprising instructions for:

accessing a second electronic document, the second electronic document having similar subject matter to the first electronic document;

extracting plurality of terms from the second electronic document; and

storing the extracted terms as secondary terms of the first electronic document.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , the computer program instructions further comprising instructions for:

sending a markup language region for rendering by a client device of a user, the markup language region displaying a primary term;

receiving a user input at the markup language region; and

sending the a page of the electronic document corresponding to the location of the primary term in the electronic document for rendering by the client device.