Method for extracting content from structured or unstructured text documents

• US 20020184188A1
• Filed: 01/22/2002
• Published: 12/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Wang, Winston, Kuo, Cynthia, Mandyam, Srinivas, Vedati, Krishna, Bhalodia, Janak
• Application Number:
  US10/056,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20020184188A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design

Abstract

A method for selecting textual content within a document. Text is selected using mechanisms of pattern recognition on the document'"'"'s structure or content itself. A pattern recognition rule selects the desired text by identifying the start and/or end positions of the content in the document. The delineated contents is then said to be enclosed in an envelope. A series of envelopes may be used to identify the desired content. Successive envelopes are defined relative to a previous envelope. The contents of any envelope within a series, including the final envelope, may be extracted for use by other documents.

Claims

1. ) A method for extracting content from a document, comprising the step of:

creating at least one selection envelope based upon a plurality of selection commands for locating specific content within said document; and

selecting content from said document based upon said at least one selection envelope.