US 9,754,017 B2 · Using anchor points in document identification

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed that allow for indexing, processing, or both of information from physical media or electronic media, which may be received from a plurality of sources. In embodiments, a document file may be matched using pattern matching methods and may include comparisons with a comparison reference database to improve or accelerate the indexing process. In embodiments, information may be presented to a user as potential matches thereby improving manual indexing processes. In embodiments, one or more additional actions may occur as part of the processing, including without limitation, association additional data with a document file, making observations from the document file, notifying individuals, creating composite messages, and billing events. In an embodiment, data from a document file may be associated with a key word, key phrase, or word frequency value that enables adaptive learning so that unindexed data may be automatically indexed based on user interaction history.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A processor-implemented method for identifying a document file comprising:

responsive to locating a recognized set of characters in a document file comprising a plurality of characters, using the recognized set of characters as an anchor point and performing the steps comprising:
selecting an examination set of characters from the document file, the examination set being selected based upon proximity to the anchor point;
and
searching the examination set for one or more indicators to assist in uniquely identifying the document file.

1 more element

A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium or media comprising one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, causes steps to be performed comprising:
searching a document comprising a plurality of characters to identify an anchor point comprising a set of characters;
and
responsive to identifying an anchor point:
assigning proximity weighting to at least some of the characters in the document based upon their position relative to the anchor point;
selecting an examination set of characters from the document using the proximity weightings;
and
searching the examination set for one or more indicators to assist in uniquely identifying the document.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/614,318Filed 4 Feb 2015 · continuation

Priority

15 Jul 2005

Published

US 2015/0149488 A128 May 2015

Granted

5 Sep 2017

Term ends

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Classification13 codes

G06F 16/313
Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures: selection or weighting of terms for indexing
G06F 16/2228
Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures: indexing structures
G06F 16/31
Of unstructured textual data: indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
G06F 16/3331
Querying: query processing

Family

Application60/699,893Us provisional application · filed 15 Jul 2005

Application11/486,475Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Jul 2006

Application13/335,597Parent of this division · filed 22 Dec 2011

Application13/718,822Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Dec 2012

US 2015/0149488 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 May 2015

US 8,954,470 B2Parent of this continuation

US 8,370,387 B2Parent of this division

Application13/718,822Parent of this division

US 8,112,441 B2Parent of this continuation

Application13/335,597Parent of this continuation

US 2007/0013967 A1Published application

US 2012/0096036 A1Published application

US 2013/0110844 A1Published application

US 9,754,017 B2This patent

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Using anchor points in document identification

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Abstract

Claims20