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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Method and system to index captioned objects in published literature for information discovery tasks
Applicants:
Matthew Dunie, Great Falls, VA (US);
Craig W. Emerson, Lothian, MD (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Dunie, Great Falls, VA (US);
Craig W. Emerson, Lothian, MD (US);
Assignee:
Proquest LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the identification, extraction, linking, storage and provisioning of data that constitute the captioned components of published or 'print ready' literature for computerized information discovery activities including search, browse and data mining. These components, or objects, include the tabular presentation of data ('tables') and graphics such as “figures”, “images” and “illustrations” typically used to supplement the textual narrative of the publication.