Aggregation and control of documents in the document repository using meta data and context information and creation of online info binder
First Claim
1. A method for electronically aggregating and controlling of documents in a real estate transaction, the method comprising assigning a plurality of meta-attributes to the documents;
- uploading the documents with the meta-attributes to attribute-associated electronic folders; and
electronically aggregating the documents according to the meta-attributes.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and system for electronically aggregating and controlling of documents in a real estate transaction by the assignment of various meta-attributes to the documents when they are uploaded to the system. Based on the attributes, the documents are put into folders having the same attribute-associated characteristics, and from then, the system can aggregate the documents as classified by the attributes. The attributes can be assigned manually to the documents by the persons uploading the ducuments, can be assigned automatically with the same attribute of the folder to be uploaded to, or can be assigned automatically based on a default attribute list in which all documents in a real estate transaction are assigned a default attribute.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for electronically aggregating and controlling of documents in a real estate transaction, the method comprising
assigning a plurality of meta-attributes to the documents; -
uploading the documents with the meta-attributes to attribute-associated electronic folders; and
electronically aggregating the documents according to the meta-attributes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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11. A method for electronically aggregating and controlling of documents in a real estate transaction, the method comprising
providing a plurality of electronic folders; -
providing a meta-attribute to each electronic folder;
uploading a document to an electronic folder, while automatically assigning the meta-attribute of the electronic folder to the document; and
electronically aggregating the documents according to the meta-attributes.
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16. A method for electronically aggregating and controlling of documents in a real estate transaction, the method comprising
providing a plurality of electronic folders; -
providing a meta-attribute to each electronic folder;
providing a default attribute list of meta-attribute, the default list comprising a list of default meta-attributes to a document in the real estate transaction;
uploading a document to an attribute-associated electronic folder, the attribute-associated electronic folder selected by associating the attribute of the electronic folder with the attribute of the document, the attribute of the document being obtained from the default attribute list; and
electronically aggregating the documents according to the meta-attributes.
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