Method and system for integrating web-based systems with local document processing applications

A computer-implemented method for enabling electronic communications between a word processing program operating on a client access device and a computer-based information services provider system (ISP), the method comprising:

• (a) operatively connecting to a word processing program operating on a client access device;
• (b) operatively connecting to an ISP;
• (c) accepting a user search request initiated by a user of the word processing program;
• (d) transmitting the user search request to the ISP;
• (e) receiving a set of search results, the set of search results comprising a primary set of case law search results and a secondary set of non-case law search results, the primary set of case law search results comprising a first set of case documents, the secondary set of non-case law search results comprising a referencing text document set, the referencing text document set comprising a set of pseudo documents derived from a set of secondary documents, each pseudo document in the set of pseudo documents representing a version of a secondary document from the set of secondary documents and comprising a set of identified citations and a set of text segments from said secondary document in the set of secondary documents, each text segment in the set of text segments being associated with and immediately preceding a corresponding identification citation from the set of identified citations, the referencing text document set comprising a case law citation set, the case law citation set used to derive a set of referencing text results, and wherein the set of referencing text results comprises a second set of case documents used to supplement the primary set of case law search results;
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• (f) receiving for display within a user interface of the word processing program at least a portion of the second set of case documents from the set of referencing text results.

A client access device comprising:

• a processor adapted to execute code;
• a memory for storing executable code;
• a word processing program executed by the processor;
• a database comprising a set of pseudo documents derived from a set of secondary documents, each pseudo document in the set of pseudo documents representing a version of a secondary document from the set of secondary documents and comprising a set of identified citations and a set of text segments from said secondary document in the set of secondary documents, each text segment in the set of text segments being associated with and immediately preceding a corresponding identification citation from the set of identified citations;
• means for establishing electronic communications with an information services provider system (ISP) having a first database having a primary set of documents;
• a first set of computer program code for operatively connecting to the word processing program;
• a second set of computer program code for operatively connecting to the information services provider system;
• a third set of computer program code for accepting a user search request initiated by a user of the word processing program;
• a fourth set of computer program code for transmitting data derived from the user search request to the information services provider system;
• a fifth set of computer program code for receiving a set of search results, the set of search results comprising a primary set of case law search results and a secondary set of non-case law search results, the primary set of case law search results comprising a first set of case documents, the secondary set of non-case law search results comprising a referencing text document set, the referencing text document set comprising a case law citation set, the case law citation set comprising one or more citations from the set of identified citations in the set of pseudo documents and used to derive a set of referencing text results, and wherein the set of referencing text results comprises a second set of case documents used to supplement the primary set of case law search results;
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• a sixth set of computer program code for receiving for display within a user interface of the word processing program at least a portion of the second set of case documents from the set of referencing text results.

A network-based, computer-implemented information services provider system (ISP) having a set of executable code for enabling data exchange with a word processing program remotely operating on a client access device, the system comprising:

• a processor adapted to execute code;
• a memory for storing executable code;
• a first database accessible by the processor and having stored therein a primary set of documents;
• a second database accessible by the processor and having stored therein set of pseudo documents derived from a set of secondary documents, each pseudo document in the set of pseudo documents representing a version of a secondary document from the set of secondary documents and comprising a set of identified citations and a set of text segments from said secondary document in the set of secondary documents, each text segment in the set of text segments being associated with and immediately preceding a corresponding identification citation from the set of identified citations;
• a first set of computer program code adapted to operatively connect to the word processing program;
• a second set of computer program code adapted to receive search data associated with a user search request initiated by a user of the word processing program;
• a third set of computer program code adapted to generate a set of search results, the set of search results comprising a set of primary case law search results from the first database and a set of secondary non-case law search results comprising a referencing text document set derived from the second database, the referencing text document set comprising a case law citation set, the case law citation set comprising one or more citations from the set of identified citations in the set of pseudo documents and used to derive a set of referencing text results, and wherein the set of referencing text results comprises a second set of case documents used to supplement the set of primary case law search results;
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• a fourth set of computer program code adapted to transmit for display within a user interface of the word processing program at least a portion of the set of search results including at least a portion of the second set of case documents from the set of referencing text results.