Digital content enhancement platform
A computer-based system provides a user interface for displaying hyperlinked content (such as web content) and for enabling users to navigate the hyperlinks contained within such content. One benefit of various embodiments of the present invention is that they enable primary hyperlinked content to be rendered, and for associated content (i.e., content located at the destinations of hyperlinks within the primary content) to be rendered without replacing, overwriting, or otherwise obscuring the rendering of the primary content. As a result, the rendering of the primary content remains fully visible after the associated content is rendered and while the rendering of the associated content is visible. For example, the associated content may be rendered in an existing display area that does not overlap with the display area containing the rendering of the primary content.
1. A method for use with primary content, wherein the primary content includes:
a first term, wherein the first term is associated with first associated content and second associated content, wherein the first associated content is associated with a first facet, and wherein the second associated content is associated with a second facet;
a second term, wherein the second term is associated with third associated content and fourth associated content, wherein the third associated content is associated with the first facet, and wherein the fourth associated content is associated with the second facet;
the method comprising:
(1) rendering at least part of the primary content to create a rendering of the at least part of the primary content, including rendering the first term to create a rendering of the first term and rendering the second term to create a rendering of the second term;
(2) receiving first user input selecting the first facet;
(3) receiving second user input selecting the first term;
(4) in response to receiving the second user input, rendering the first associated content to create a rendering of the first associated content in a first existing display area, wherein the rendering of the at least part of the primary content remains fully visible after the first associated content is rendered;
(5) receiving third user input selecting the second term; and
(6) in response to receiving the third user input and without receiving additional input selecting the first facet, rendering the third associated content to create a rendering of the third associated content in the first existing display area, wherein the rendering of the at least part of the primary content remains fully visible after the third associated content is rendered.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
(7) after (6), receiving fourth user input selecting the second facet; and
(8) in response to receiving the fourth user input and without receiving additional user input selecting the second term, rendering the fourth associated content to create a rendering of the fourth associated content in the first existing display area, wherein the rendering of the at least part of the primary content remains fully visible after the fourth associated content is rendered.
3. A first non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-program instructions tangibly stored on the first non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the computer program instructions are executable by at least one computer processor to perform a method for use with primary content stored on a second computer-readable medium, wherein the primary content includes:
a first term, wherein the first term is associated with first associated content and second associated content, wherein the first associated content is associated with a first facet, and wherein the second associated content is associated with a second facet;
a second term, wherein the second term is associated with third associated content and fourth associated content, wherein the third associated content is associated with the first facet, and wherein the fourth associated content is associated with the second facet;
the method comprising:
(1) rendering at least part of the primary content to create a rendering of the at least part of the primary content, including rendering the first term to create a rendering of the first term and rendering the second term to create a rendering of the second term;
(2) receiving first user input selecting the first facet;
(3) receiving second user input selecting the first term;
(4) in response to receiving the second user input, rendering the first associated content to create a rendering of the first associated content in a first existing display area, wherein the rendering of the at least part of the primary content remains fully visible after the first associated content is rendered;
(5) receiving third user input selecting the second term; and
(6) in response to receiving the third user input and without receiving additional input selecting the first facet, rendering the third associated content to create a rendering of the third associated content in the first existing display area, wherein the rendering of the at least part of the primary content remains fully visible after the third associated content is rendered.
4. The first non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises:
(7) after (6), receiving fourth user input selecting the second facet; and
(8) in response to receiving the fourth user input and without receiving additional user input selecting the second term, rendering the fourth associated content to create a rendering of the fourth associated content in the first existing display area, wherein the rendering of the at least part of the primary content remains fully visible after the fourth associated content is rendered.