Management and analysis of document information text
AssigneeManning & Napier Information Services, LLC.
InventorsDavid L. Snyder, Randall J. Calistri-Yeh
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Abstract
An interactive system for analyzing and displaying information contained in a plurality of documents employing both term-based analysis and conceptual-representation analysis. Particulars of the invention are especially effective for analyzing patent texts, such as patent claims, abstracts and other portions of a patent document.
Claims68
A method of analyzing and displaying information regarding a plurality of documents, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a set of N different representations of each document, a given representation being designated the i.sup.th representation where i is an integer in the range of 1 to N inclusive;
- for selected pairs of documents, determining N utility measures, a given utility measure being designated the i.sup.th utility measure where i is an integer in the range of 1 to N inclusive, the i.sup.th utility measure being based on the respective i.sup.th representations of the documents in that pair;
- and displaying a scatter plot in an area bounded by N non-parallel axes, a given axis being designated the i.sup.th axis where i is an integer in the range of 1 to N inclusive, where each selected pair is represented by a point in N-space having a coordinate along the i.sup.th axis equal to the i.sup.th utility measure.
A method of analyzing and displaying information regarding a plurality of documents, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating first and second different representations of each document;
- for selected pairs of documents, determining (a) a first utility measure based on the respective first representations of the documents in that pair, and (b) a second utility measure based on the respective second representations of the documents in that pair;
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- displaying a scatter plot in an area bounded by first and second non-parallel axes where each selected pair is represented by a point having a first coordinate along the first axis equal to the first utility measure and a second coordinate along the second axis equal to the second utility measure.
A method of analyzing information regarding a plurality of documents, each having a unique document index, the method comprising the steps of:
- parsing each document into a plurality of elements;
- generating a first representation of each of said elements;
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- for selected pairs of documents, comprised of a first document and a second document, determining a first utility measure based on the respective first representation
- of the plurality of elements for the documents in that pair.
A computer program product which analyzes and displays information regarding a plurality of documents comprising:
- code for generating first and second representations of each document;
- code for determining, for selected pairs of documents;
- (a) a first utility score based on the respective first representations of the documents in that pair, and
- (b) a second utility score based on the respective second representations of the documents in that pair;
- code for displaying a scatter plot in an area bounded by a first and a second non-parallel axes where each selected pair is represented by a point having a first coordinate along the first axis equal to the first utility score and a second coordinate along the second axis equal to the second utility score;
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- a computer readable storage medium for storing the codes.
A method of analyzing patent documents comprising the steps of:
- providing a dataset containing a plurality of patent documents;
- identifying within each patent document a portion of said document containing a set of claims;
- generating a first representation of each set of claims within said plurality of patent documents;
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- determining a first utility measure of at least one claim within at least one set of claims based upon similarity of said at least one claim with a query document.
A method of analyzing a patent document comprising the steps of:
- providing a dataset containing at least one patent document;
- identifying within said at least one patent document a portion of said document containing a set of claims;
- parsing said set of claims to identify an individual claim within said set and all claims referenced by said individual claim;
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- displaying on a computer screen a link for each claim referenced by said individual claim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.