Method of computerized presentation of a document set view for auditing information and managing sets of multiple documents and pages
First Claim
1. A method of computerized presentation of a document set view, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a computer, a selection of an original document, the original document having multiple pages, each of the multiple pages of the original document having corresponding page content;
receiving, at the computer, a selection of an addendum document, the addendum document having multiple pages, each of the multiple pages of the addendum document having corresponding page content, at least one page of the addendum document being respectively correlated to a page of the original document;
receiving, from a user, a selection of a first region within a first page of the original document, the first region being defined by a set of first boundaries relative to the first page and the page content of the first page and including a first base selection page content;
extracting, without user intervention, a text string of the first base selection page content from the first region within the first page of the original document;
assigning, without user intervention, the extracted text string of the first base selection page content to a page location index of the first page of the original document;
determining, without user intervention, a first replicated region within a second page of the original document by applying the set of first boundaries to the second page, the first replicated region including a first replicated selection page content;
extracting, without user intervention, a text string of the first replicated selection page content from the first replicated region within the second page of the original document, wherein the text string of the first replicated selection page content is the same as or different from the text string of the first base selection page content;
assigning, without user intervention, the extracted text string of the first replicated selection page content to a page location index of the second page of the original document;
determining, without user intervention, a second replicated region within the at least one page of the addendum document by applying the set of first boundaries to the at least one page, the second replicated region including a second replicated selection page content;
extracting, without user intervention, a text string of the second replicated selection page content from the second replicated region within the at least one page of the addendum document, wherein the text string of the second replicated selection page content is the same as or different from the text string of the first replicated selection page content;
assigning, without user intervention, the extracted text string of the second replicated selection page content to a page location index of the at least one page of the addendum document;
generating a document set comprising the original document and the addendum document;
displaying, at the computer, a document set view based on the document set, the document set view being generated from document set information based upon the page location index of each page of the original document and the addendum document;
receiving, from the user, updated information corresponding to a portion of the document set information displayed on the document set view; and
updating the page location index of each page of the original document and the addendum document corresponding to the received updated information.
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Abstract
A method of computerized presentation of a document set view for auditing information of a set of documents. The method includes the initial step of receiving on a computer a selection of an original document. The original document has multiple pages with each of the pages of the original document having corresponding page content. A selection is received from the user of a first region a page of the original document. This process is repeated to retrieve a text string from all of the pages. An addendum document with multiple pages is received. A text string is retrieved from the pages of the addendum document without user intervention. A document set view is provided using the retrieved text stings and displayed for the user to update the associated information and thus allowing for the user to perform a data audit of the automated portion of the process.
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1. A method of computerized presentation of a document set view, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer, a selection of an original document, the original document having multiple pages, each of the multiple pages of the original document having corresponding page content; receiving, at the computer, a selection of an addendum document, the addendum document having multiple pages, each of the multiple pages of the addendum document having corresponding page content, at least one page of the addendum document being respectively correlated to a page of the original document; receiving, from a user, a selection of a first region within a first page of the original document, the first region being defined by a set of first boundaries relative to the first page and the page content of the first page and including a first base selection page content; extracting, without user intervention, a text string of the first base selection page content from the first region within the first page of the original document; assigning, without user intervention, the extracted text string of the first base selection page content to a page location index of the first page of the original document; determining, without user intervention, a first replicated region within a second page of the original document by applying the set of first boundaries to the second page, the first replicated region including a first replicated selection page content; extracting, without user intervention, a text string of the first replicated selection page content from the first replicated region within the second page of the original document, wherein the text string of the first replicated selection page content is the same as or different from the text string of the first base selection page content; assigning, without user intervention, the extracted text string of the first replicated selection page content to a page location index of the second page of the original document; determining, without user intervention, a second replicated region within the at least one page of the addendum document by applying the set of first boundaries to the at least one page, the second replicated region including a second replicated selection page content; extracting, without user intervention, a text string of the second replicated selection page content from the second replicated region within the at least one page of the addendum document, wherein the text string of the second replicated selection page content is the same as or different from the text string of the first replicated selection page content; assigning, without user intervention, the extracted text string of the second replicated selection page content to a page location index of the at least one page of the addendum document; generating a document set comprising the original document and the addendum document; displaying, at the computer, a document set view based on the document set, the document set view being generated from document set information based upon the page location index of each page of the original document and the addendum document; receiving, from the user, updated information corresponding to a portion of the document set information displayed on the document set view; and updating the page location index of each page of the original document and the addendum document corresponding to the received updated information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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