US 2012/0259618 A1 · COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPARING TEXT DATA

Abstract

A method for comparing text data reads two patent documents comprising varying text sections. The method compares characters of a first text section in a first patent document with a corresponding second text section in a second patent document, and acquires a same sub-character string that has a maximum matching length and matching positions of the first and second text sections. The method marks characters before the matching positions of the first and second text sections as different characters. The method displays a comparison result list of the comparison between the first patent document and the second patent document on a display device.

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Dependent claims

A method being processed by a processor of a computing device, the method comprising:

(a) comparing characters of a first text section in a first patent document with a corresponding second text section in a second patent document, and acquiring a same sub-character string that has a maximum matching length and matching positions of the first and second text sections, and marking characters before the matching positions of the first and second text sections as different characters;
and
(b) displaying a comparison result list of the comparison between the first patent document and the second patent document on a display device.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a method for comparing text data, the method comprising:

(a) comparing characters of a first text section in a first patent document with a corresponding second text section in a second patent document, and acquiring a same sub-character string that has a maximum matching length and matching positions of the first and second text sections, and marking characters before the matching positions of the first and second text sections as different characters;
and
(b) displaying a comparison result list of the comparison between the first patent document and the second patent document on a display device.

A computing device, the computing device comprising:

a storage unit;
at least one processor;
and
one or more programs stored in the storage unit, executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising:
a comparison module operable to compare characters of a first text section in a first patent document with a corresponding second text section in a second patent document, and acquire a same sub-character string that has a maximum matching length and matching positions of the first and second text sections, and mark characters before the matching positions of the first and second text sections as different characters;
and
a display module operable to display a comparison result list of the comparison between the first patent document and the second patent documents on a display device.

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Computing device and method for comparing text data

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