Method, system, and apparatus for data reuse

• US 20040243551A1
• Filed: 05/30/2003
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dictaphone Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Gervais, Sean, Titemore, Robert G., Boone, Keith W., Chaparala, Sunitha, Hopkins, Jeffrey G., Manoukian, Roubik, Ogrinc, Harry J., Fordyce, Cameron
• Granted Patent: US 8,290,958 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/284 Relational databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A system and method may be disclosed for facilitating the creation or modification of a document by providing a mechanism for locating relevant data from external sources and organizing and incorporating some or all of said data into the document. In the method for reusing data, there may be a set of documents that may be queried, where each document may be divided into a plurality of sections. A plurality of section text groups may be formed based on the set of documents, where each section text group may be associated with a respective section from the plurality of sections and each section group includes a plurality of items. Each item may be associated with a respective section from each document of the set of documents. A selected item within a selected section text group may be focused. The selected item may be extracted to a current document. The current document may be exported to a host application.

Claims

1. A method for reusing data, the method comprising the steps of:

querying for a set of documents, each document divided into a plurality of sections;

forming a plurality of section text groups based on the set of documents, wherein each section text group is associated with a respective section from the plurality of sections and each section group comprises a plurality of items, each item associated with a respective section from each document of the set of documents;

focusing on a selected item within a selected section text group;

extracting the selected item to a working draft document; and

exporting the working draft document to a host application.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing a graphical user interface (GUI); and

displaying a data filter component on the GUI;

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of providing for a plurality of querying options on the data filter component.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of querying options includes at least one of work type option, an encounter option, a time frame option, or an author type option.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing a graphical user interface (GUI); and

displaying a section viewer component on the GUI.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of displaying a plurality of section text groups on the section viewer component.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of section headings comprises at least one of past history heading, a physical examination heading, an assessment and plan heading, a problem heading, a medication heading, and an allergies heading.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of section text group is displayed as a collapsed tree format.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

focusing on the selected section text group; and

displaying associated plurality of items of the selected section text group as leaves in an expanded tree format.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing a graphical user interface (GUI); and

displaying a reuse draft component on the GUI.

23. The computer readable storage medium in according to claim 2, the set of instructions further comprising:

providing a graphical user interface (GUI);

displaying a data filter component on the GUI; and

providing for a plurality of querying options on the data filter component.

24. The computer readable storage medium in according to claim 23, the set of instructions further comprising:

displaying a section viewer component on the GUI; and

displaying the plurality of section text groups on the section viewer component.

25. The computer readable storage medium in according to claim 23, the set of instructions further comprising:

displaying a reuse draft component on the GUI; and

exporting the current document to a host application.

11. A system for reusing data, the system comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory coupled to the at least one processor;

a document library configured to be stored on the memory, the document library comprising documents, each document divided into a plurality of sections; and

a reuse client configured to be stored a computer programmable readable media in the memory and to be executed by the at least one processor, wherein the reuse client is configured to query for documents in the document library and to form a plurality of section text groups based on the documents, each section text group is associated with a respective section from the plurality of sections and each section group comprises a plurality of items, each item associated with a respective section from each document of the documents.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising an input/output (I/O) module coupled to the reuse client, wherein the I/O module is configured to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying the plurality of section text groups in a collapsed tree output.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the reuse client is also configured to invoke the I/O module to display an associated plurality of items for a selected section text group in an expanded tree format in response to activating the selected section text group.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the client module is further configured to receive a selection of an item of the associated plurality of items from the I/O module and is further configured to invoke the I/O module to display the item of the associated plurality of items on a draft document.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the client module is configured to export the draft document in response to an exiting event received from the I/O module.

16. An apparatus for reusing data, the apparatus comprising:

means for querying for a set of documents, each document divided into a plurality of sections; and

means for forming a plurality of section text groups based on the set of documents, wherein each section text group is associated with a respective section from the plurality of sections and each section group comprises a plurality of items, each item associated with a respective section from each document of the set of documents.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

means for focusing on a selected item within a selected section text group; and

means for extracting the selected item to a current document.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising:

means for providing a graphical user interface (GUI);

means for displaying a data filter component on the GUI; and

means for providing for a plurality of querying options on the data filter component.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising:

means for displaying a section viewer component on the GUI; and

means for displaying a plurality of section text groups on the section viewer component.

20. The apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising:

displaying a reuse draft component on the GUI and

exporting the current document to a host application.

21. A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, the one or more computer programs implementing a method reusing data, the one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:

querying for documents in a document library, each document divided into a plurality of sections; and

forming a plurality of section text groups based on the set of documents, wherein each section text group is associated with a respective section from the plurality of sections and each section group comprises a plurality of items, each item associated with a respective section from each document of the set of documents.

22. The computer readable storage medium in according to claim 21, the set of instructions further comprising:

focusing on a selected item within a selected section text group; and

extracting the selected item to a current document.