Unstructured data editing through category comparison
First Claim
1. A method of processing unstructured data comprising:
- specifying a first plurality of words or phrases corresponding to a category;
accessing unstructured data comprising a second plurality of words or phrases;
comparing the unstructured data against each of the specified words or phrases;
associating at least a portion of the unstructured data with the category if one or more of the specified words or phrases matches at least one word or phrase in the portion of the unstructured data; and
generating a structured data output.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include methods for editing and scanning unstructured data and text by using one or more external categories of data for the purpose of finding words and phrases in the unstructured environment which correspond to words and phrases in the external category. External categories of data are words and phrases that relate to the external category. External categories can be made for practically any subject. When a match (“hit”) is found, an output record is written to a table or a file. The output record may include the document name, the word that was a hit, and the external category. The process of using external categories of data is done either directly or indirectly to unstructured data.
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49 Claims
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1. A method of processing unstructured data comprising:
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specifying a first plurality of words or phrases corresponding to a category;
accessing unstructured data comprising a second plurality of words or phrases;
comparing the unstructured data against each of the specified words or phrases;
associating at least a portion of the unstructured data with the category if one or more of the specified words or phrases matches at least one word or phrase in the portion of the unstructured data; and
generating a structured data output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of processing unstructured data comprising:
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specifying one or more categories, each category comprising a first plurality of words or phrases;
reading unstructured data comprising a second plurality of words or phrases;
comparing the unstructured data against the words or phrases in each category;
associating at least a portion of the unstructured data with at least one category if one or more words or phrases in the at least one category matches at least one word or phrase in the portion of the unstructured data; and
generating a structured data output. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A computer implemented system for processing unstructured data comprising:
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means for specifying a first plurality of words or phrases corresponding to a category;
means for accessing unstructured data comprising a second plurality of words or phrases;
means for comparing the unstructured data against each of the specified words or phrases;
means for associating at least a portion of the unstructured data with the category if one or more of the specified words or phrases matches at least one word or phrase in the portion of the unstructured data; and
means for generating a structured data output.
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