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Identifying related documents based on links in documents

US8892596B1 · kind B1 · utility

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5References
20Claims
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Filing dateAug 8, 2012
Grant dateNov 18, 2014
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/958
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device may identify, in a first document, a reference to a second document, the second document being different than the first document; identify that the reference to the second document is associated with a relation indicator; determine, based on identifying that the reference to the second document includes a relation indicator, that content of the second document is related to content of the first document; and process the second document based on determining that content of the second document is related to content of the first document.

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