Method and system for discovering significant subsets in collection of documents

• US 20060255124A1
• Filed: 05/11/2005
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Reilly, Michael J., Nowicki, Tomasz J., Hoch, Robert, Walach, Eugene, Ibikunle, Tayo, Tresser, Charles P., Sachar, Howard E., Karnin, Ehud, Liberis, William A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,360,686 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/042 characterized in that the payment protocol involves at least one cheque
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/00 Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines data processing equipment for bank accounting G06Q40/02

Abstract

A method (and system) of discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents, includes identifying a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that documents in the set of documents carries an instance of information that is characteristic to the documents in the set of documents.

Claims

1. A method of discovering a subset in a collection of documents, comprising:

identifying a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that documents in said set of documents carries an instance of information that is characteristic to the documents in said set of documents.

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

isolating, after said identifying, said set of documents from the collection of documents.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collection of documents are arranged in a sequence and include at least one set of documents, and

wherein documents included in said at least one set of documents comprise said likelihood of carrying said instance of information that is characteristic to said documents in said set of documents.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing a first document in the collection of documents to determine a characteristic feature of said first document.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

generating a profile of said first document based on said characteristic features.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

comparing a subsequent document in the collection of documents to said profile.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein when a subsequent document matches said profile, said subsequent document is included in said set of documents and a next subsequent is compared at least to said subsequent document.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein when a subsequent document does not match said profile, said subsequent document is excluded from said set of documents and a new profile is generated for said subsequent document.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

parameterizing a threshold criteria that determines a significance of a set of documents.

10. The method according to claim 4, wherein said characteristic feature comprises features selected from a variety of fields on a document.

11. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

determining, after said isolating, an identity of said information that is characteristic to the documents.

12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

preselecting a subset of users, said users having created at least one document in the collection of documents.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collection of documents comprises a collection of checks.

18. A signal-bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform the method for discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents according to claim 1.

19. The signal-bearing medium according to claim 18, further comprising:

isolating, after said identifying, said set of documents from the collection of documents.

20. A method for deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computing system, wherein the computer readable code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing the method for discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents, according to claim 1.

14. A system for discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents, comprising:

an identification unit that identifies a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that documents in said set of documents carries an instance of information that is characteristic to the documents in said set of documents.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein said identification unit comprises:

an analyzing unit that determines characteristic features from a document in the collection of documents;

a profile-generating unit that generates a profile for said document based on said characteristic features; and

a comparison unit that compares a subsequent document with said profile.

16. The system according to claim 14, wherein said identification unit comprises:

means for analyzing the collection of documents for determining characteristic features from a document in the collection of documents;

means for generating a profile for said document based on said characteristic features; and

means for comparing a subsequent document with said profile.

17. A system for discovering a significant subset in a collection of documents, comprising:

means for recognizing indicia in a plurality of documents; and

means, coupled to said recognizing means, for identifying a set of documents from a plurality of documents based on a likelihood that documents in said set of documents carries an instance of information that is characteristic to the documents in said set of documents.