Computer-based document management system
AssigneeCaere Corporation
InventorsYing-Jye James Chen, David R. Ferguson, An N. Hong, Dani Suleman, Gregory L. Whittemore
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Abstract
A computer-based electronic document and/or paper-based document management application program. The program provides an efficient way to automatically import, index, categorize, store, search, retrieve, manipulate and archive electronic documents. The program is also capable of managing documents regardless of document type or document format.
Claims24
In a computer-based document management system, a method of identifying an electronic document in an electronic document collection, said method comprising the steps of:
- extracting summary information from the electronic document based upon an electronic analysis of the electronic document:
- storing the extracted summary information, regardless of document type or document format, in a document data structure associated with the electronic document;
- displaying a representation of the electronic document;
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- activating an electronic display containing the extracted summary information stored in the document data structure associated with the electronic document.
In a computer-based document management system, a method of browsing a collection of electronic documents stored in memory, said method comprising the steps of:
- electronically analyzing each of a plurality of electronic documents;
- based on the electronic analysis of each of the plurality of electronic documents storing browsable information for each of the plurality of electronic documents into a corresponding document data structure;
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- electronically displaying the browsable information contained in the document data structure for at least one of the plurality of electronic documents.
A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an electronic document management program which executes the steps of:
- automatically and electronically analyzing each of a plurality of electronic documents in a collection of electronic documents;
- extracting document summary information from each of the plurality of electronic documents based on the electronic analysis of each electronic document;
- storing the extracted document summary information relating to each of the plurality of electronic documents in a corresponding document data structure regardless of document format or document type;
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- displaying, on a computer screen, at least one property sheet, wherein each of the at least one property sheet corresponds with a different one of the plurality of electronic documents, and wherein each of the at least one property sheets contains the document summary information relating to the corresponding electronic document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.