System and method for grouping and organizing pages of an electronic document into pre-defined catagories

• US 20040216057A1
• Filed: 04/24/2003
• Published: 10/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SurePrep, LLC
• Original Assignee: SurePrep, LLC
• Inventors: Wyle, David A., Karkare, Makarand
• Granted Patent: US 7,636,886 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A system and method for rearranging a plurality of pages of an electronic document is disclosed. The method might include the steps of providing a bookmark profile that includes a plurality of categories, receiving a description pertaining to one of the plurality of categories, associating a page of the plurality of pages with the description, inserting the description into the bookmark profile, and arranging the plurality of pages according to the bookmark profile.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for rearranging a plurality of pages of a source electronic document, comprising:

providing a bookmark profile that includes a plurality of categories;

receiving a description pertaining to one of the plurality of categories;

associating a page of the plurality of pages with the description;

inserting the description into the bookmark profile; and

arranging the plurality of pages according to the bookmark profile.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a source electronic document having a plurality of pages wherein the source electronic document is selected from a group consisting of a PDF file, a TIFF file and a JPEG file.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a subsequent page;

combining the subsequent page with the plurality of pages; and

inserting a tag on the subsequent page.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising inserting the description into the one of the plurality of categories.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark profile further includes a plurality of subcategories.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying the plurality of subcategories;

receiving a selected subcategory from the plurality of subcategories; and

displaying the description adjacent to the selected subcategory.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating the page of the plurality of pages with the description comprises:

assigning a description identifier to the page; and

inserting the description identifier into the page.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a table of contents using the bookmark profile;

determining the number of pages of the table of contents;

shifting the plurality of pages to accommodate for the table of contents; and

inserting the table of contents before the plurality of pages.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the plurality of categories;

receiving a selected category from the plurality of categories; and

displaying the description adjacent to the selected category.

10. A method for generating a structured electronic document from an unstructured electronic document, comprising:

providing a plurality of categories, wherein each of the plurality of categories has at least one subcategory;

receiving a description associated with at least one of the subcategories, wherein the description includes a description identifier;

assigning the description identifier to a page of the unstructured electronic document; and

arranging a plurality of pages of the unstructured electronic document according to a plurality of description identifiers.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying the at least one subcategory; and

receiving a selected subcategory from the at least one subcategory.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the assigning the description identifier to a page of the unstructured electronic document further comprises assigning the description identifier to a plurality of consecutive pages of the unstructured electronic document.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the assigning the description identifier to a page of the unstructured electronic document further comprises assigning the description identifier to a plurality of pages of the unstructured electronic document.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the arranging the plurality of pages of the unstructured electronic document according to the plurality of description identifiers comprises arranging the plurality of pages according to a hierarchy of the plurality of categories, the plurality of subcategories, and the description.

15. A computer program for constructing a hierarchically organized electronic document from an unstructured electronic document, comprising instructions operable to cause a computer to:

display a plurality of categories and a plurality of subcategories;

display a first page of an unstructured electronic document;

receive a first subcategory identifier corresponding to a first selected subcategory;

receive a first description identifier describing the first page;

display a second page of the unstructured electronic document;

receive a second subcategory identifier corresponding to a second selected subcategory;

receive a second description identifier describing the second page; and

arrange the first page and the second page according to the order of the plurality of categories and the plurality of subcategories.

16. The computer program of claim 15, further comprising instructions to select a first subcategory and select a second subcategory.

17. The computer program of claim 15, further comprising instructions to enter a first subcategory and enter a second subcategory.

18. The computer program of claim 15, further comprising instructions to embed the first page with the first description identifier and to embed the second page with the second description identifier.

19. The computer program of claim 15, further comprising instructions to retrieve a bookmark profile including the plurality of categories and the plurality of subcategories.

20. The computer program of claim 15, further comprising instructions to create a bookmark profile having the plurality of categories and the plurality of subcategories.