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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2009
Forrest Rhoads, North Oaks, MN (US);
Daniel Dabney, St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert J. Haschart, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Jack G. Conrad, Eagan, MN (US);
Howard Turtle, Jackson, WY (US);
Kinley Larntz, Shoreview, MN (US);
Bokyung Yang-stephens, St. Paul, MN (US);
Daniel Gannon, St. Paul, MN (US);
Forrest Rhoads, North Oaks, MN (US);
Daniel Dabney, St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert J. Haschart, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Jack G. Conrad, Eagan, MN (US);
Howard Turtle, Jackson, WY (US);
Kinley Larntz, Shoreview, MN (US);
Bokyung Yang-Stephens, St. Paul, MN (US);
Daniel Gannon, St. Paul, MN (US);
West Services Inc., Eagan, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically determining a plurality of pieces of different information about a textual document from the text of the textual document are provided in which one or more particular characteristics of the text of the textual document are identified to generate a file containing the text of the textual document with the particular characteristics marked up within the text. In addition, any negative treatment of other textual documents from the text of the textual document is determined to generate negative treatment information, a data record is produced indicating a depth of treatment for each other textual documents cited in the text of the textual document, the source of a quotation in the text of the textual document is verified to generate verified quotation information, any subject matter text that is applicable to the text of the textual document is determined to generate subject matter headings associated with the text of the textual document, and a data record is generated containing the identified characteristics of the textual document, the negative treatment of other textual documents cited in the textual document, the depth of treatment of other textual documents cited in the textual document, the verified quotation information, and the subject matter text associated with the textual document so that all of the information is accessible.