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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Forrest Rhoads, Thalwil, CH;
Daniel Gannon, Prescott, WI (US);
Paul Werner, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Steve Hestness, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kimberly Anne Kothe, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Jonathan James Medin, Nerstrand, MN (US);
Nick Bieter, St. Paul, MN (US);
Forrest Rhoads, Thalwil, CH;
Daniel Gannon, Prescott, WI (US);
Paul Werner, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Steve Hestness, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kimberly Anne Kothe, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Jonathan James Medin, Nerstrand, MN (US);
Nick Bieter, St. Paul, MN (US);
West Services, Inc., Eagan, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically processing a textual document by identifying occurrences of a piece of text having a predetermined format in the textual document; determining a depth-of-treatment value for each piece of formatted text in the textual document, the depth-of-treatment value indicating a depth of treatment in the textual document afforded to the particular piece of formatted text; associating an abstract with each piece of formatted text in the textual document; and generating a data record containing each identified piece of formatted text from the textual document, the depth-of-treatment value and the abstract associated with each piece of formatted text in the textual document.