System and Method for Locating and Extracting Tabular Data
AssigneeGraphwise, LLC
InventorsPaul K. Young, David Quinn-Jacobs
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Abstract
A method for searching computer data to obtain tabular data includes selecting a data node and obtaining the data content of the node. Possible tabular data contained within the data content is identified. The possible tabular data is analyzed to recognize tabular data.
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A method for searching a computer network to obtain tabular data, the method comprising:
- (a) selecting a node belonging to said computer network;
- (b) obtaining the data content of said node;
- (c) identifying possible tabular data contained within said data content;
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- (d) analyzing said identified possible tabular data to recognize tabular data.
A method for searching a computer to obtain tabular data, the method comprising:
- (a) selecting a node belonging to said computer;
- (b) obtaining the data content of said node;
- (c) identifying possible tabular data contained within said data content;
- and
- (d) analyzing said identified possible tabular data to recognize tabular data.
An article of manufacture for searching a computer network to obtain tabular data, the article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable medium holding machine-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
- (a) selecting a node belonging to said computer network;
- (b) obtaining the data content of said node;
- (c) identifying possible tabular data contained within said data content;
- and
- (d) analyzing said identified possible tabular data to recognize tabular data.
A system for searching a computer network to obtain tabular data, the system comprising:
- (a) an interface for obtaining the data content of a node belonging to said computer network;
- (b) a processor for selecting said node belonging to said computer network, identifying possible tabular data contained within the data content of said node, and analyzing said identified possible tabular data to recognize tabular data;
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- (c) a storage device for storing said recognized tabular data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.