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Systems, methods, and software for presenting legal case histories

US8250118B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

West Services Inc. · US

Inventors

Forrest Rhoads · North Oaks, US
Daniel Gannon · Windom, US
Paul Werner · Remscheid, DE
Steve Hestness · Apple Valley, US
Kimberly Anne Kothe · Cottage Grove, US
Jonathan James Medin · Nerstrand, US
Nick Bieter · Windom, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2011
Grant date	Aug 21, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/927
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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