Dynamic content database for multiple document genres
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsAnnette M. Adler, Todd A. Cass, Kenneth P. Fishkin, Catherine C. Marshall, Alexander E. Silverman
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Abstract
A system and method for receiving, analyzing, and managing key information extracted from input documents in multiple document genres. A document “genre” is the social environment that defines the document's expected structure and content. Information is extracted from the input documents based on their genre, and is synthesized into a distributed genre document, or database, representing all extracted information from all input documents. An output document having a selected genre is created by assembling information from the database consistent with the selected genre.
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A method for manipulating and managing a plurality of documents structured in various communication formats and having diverse genres, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of input documents having various input genres, wherein each of said plurality of input documents includes various types of content;
- analyzing said plurality of input documents, wherein significant information contained within each of said plurality of input documents is identified, comprising:
- identifying the genre of each of said plurality of input documents;
- providing guidance in the form of a set of specifications for all expected said input genres, wherein said guidance represents the social context of each of said expected input genres;
- considering the genre of each of said plurality of input documents;
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- considering stored information concerning the characteristics of each of said plurality of input documents and the relationship of said input documents to a specified output genre;
- isolating significant data items within each of said plurality of input documents;
- extracting significant data items from each of said plurality of input documents;
- storing said significant data items in a distributed genre document, wherein said distributed genre document comprises a unified computational representation comprising:
- identified data items from said plurality of input documents;
- a specification of input genres;
- a specification of output genres;
- mapping of data items between said input genres and said output genres;
- explication of social context, wherein said social context is specific to the user;
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- at least one computational engine.
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