System, method and apparatus for locating and merging documents
First Claim
1. A system to generate a merged record, comprising:
- a client server device configured to generate a first report; and
a recovery server device configured to;
receive the first report, the first report including first report information, the first report information including at least one first descriptive term and a customer identification (ID);
match the at least one first descriptive term to one of a plurality of descriptive terms in a descriptive term list;
determine if a weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than a predetermined weighted percent;
match the at least one first descriptive term to at least one second descriptive term in at least one second report if it is determined that the weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than the predetermined weighted percent; and
display the at least one second report if the at least one first descriptive term matches the at least one second descriptive term, the at least one second report including a match indicator proximate each of the at least one second descriptive term configured to indicate that the at least one first descriptive term matches the at least one second descriptive term.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus to generate a merged record comprises a client server configured to generate a first report; and a recovery server configured to: receive the first report, the first report including first report information including at least one first descriptive term and a customer ID; match the at least one first descriptive term to one of a plurality of descriptive terms in a descriptive term list; determine if a weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than a predetermined weighted percent; match the at least one first descriptive term to at least one second descriptive term in at least one second report if it is determined that the weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than the predetermined weighted percent.
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17 Claims
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1. A system to generate a merged record, comprising:
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a client server device configured to generate a first report; and a recovery server device configured to; receive the first report, the first report including first report information, the first report information including at least one first descriptive term and a customer identification (ID); match the at least one first descriptive term to one of a plurality of descriptive terms in a descriptive term list; determine if a weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than a predetermined weighted percent; match the at least one first descriptive term to at least one second descriptive term in at least one second report if it is determined that the weighted percentage associated with the matched at least one first descriptive term is greater than the predetermined weighted percent; and display the at least one second report if the at least one first descriptive term matches the at least one second descriptive term, the at least one second report including a match indicator proximate each of the at least one second descriptive term configured to indicate that the at least one first descriptive term matches the at least one second descriptive term. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating a merged report, comprising:
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receiving, at a server, a first item report, the first item report including first report information, the first report information including at least one descriptive term and a customer identification; accessing a weighted term list including a plurality of descriptive terms, each of the descriptive terms having a weighted value; selecting a subset of the plurality of descriptive items from the weighted term list based on the weighted value for the plurality of descriptive items; identifying one or more second item reports that potentially match the first item report, the identifying being based on at least in part on the plurality of descriptive items in the subset of the plurality of descriptive items and the weighted value for each of the plurality of descriptive items in the subset of the plurality of descriptive items; and subsequently presenting the identified one or more second item reports, the identified one or more second item reports including at least a match indicator configured to indicate the matching descriptive items. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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