Method for mining data and automatically associating source locations
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1. A method of appending a URL address to data copied from an electronic document stored on a global computer network, comprising the steps of:
- storing the URL address;
storing the selected data; and
concatenating the URL address to the stored data.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and software for organizing data selected from electronic documents by automatically associating citation information to the selected data. In one embodiment, the source location, such as the URL, is associated with the selected data to reference the source for the data. In another embodiment, desired data is selected from an electronic document, data and citation attributes are collected for the selected data and automatically associated.
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6 Claims
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1. A method of appending a URL address to data copied from an electronic document stored on a global computer network, comprising the steps of:
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storing the URL address;
storing the selected data; and
concatenating the URL address to the stored data.
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2. A method of organizing data comprising the steps of:
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selecting data in an electronic document having a source address;
copying the selected data; and
automatically associated the source address to the selected data. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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5. A method of organizing data comprising the steps of:
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selecting desired data from an electronic document stored on a computer network;
collecting data and citation attributes for the selected data; and
automatically associating the data and citation attributes. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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