Systems and methods for determining relevant information based on document structure
First Claim
1. A method of determining information relevant to a paragraph comprising the steps of:
- determining a document;
identifying at least two structural elements in the document having a dominance relationship;
selecting a first location in the document;
determining the structural element surrounding the first location;
characterizing the surrounding structural element;
characterizing the non-surrounding structural elements; and
associating at least one additional document with the surrounding structural element based on the characterization of the surrounding and non-surrounding structural elements.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for determining relevant information from a document based on document structure. A document is selected and structural elements within the document having a dominance relationship are determined. A first location within the document is selected. The structural element surrounding the first location is determined and the surrounding and non-surrounding structural elements are characterized. Additional documents are associated with the first location in the surrounding structural element based on the surrounding structural element characterization and the non-surrounding structural element characterization. Techniques for dynamically determining annotations for images based on document structure are also provided.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of determining information relevant to a paragraph comprising the steps of:
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determining a document;
identifying at least two structural elements in the document having a dominance relationship;
selecting a first location in the document;
determining the structural element surrounding the first location;
characterizing the surrounding structural element;
characterizing the non-surrounding structural elements; and
associating at least one additional document with the surrounding structural element based on the characterization of the surrounding and non-surrounding structural elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for determining relevant information comprising:
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an input/output circuit that retrieves a document from a document repository;
a document structure manager that identifies at least two structural elements in the retrieved document having a dominance relationship;
a structural element manager that identifies the structural element surrounding a selected first location and the non-surrounding structural elements;
a characterization manager that characterizes the surrounding and non-surrounding structural elements;
a search manager that selectively associates additional documents with the first location in the retrieved document based on the characterizations of the surrounding and non-surrounding structural elements. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied on the computer readable storage medium, the computer readable program code useable to program a computer for determining relevant information comprising the steps of:
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determining a document;
identifying at least two structural elements in the document having a dominance relationship;
selecting a first location in the document;
determining the structural element surrounding the first location;
characterizing the surrounding structural element;
characterizing the non-surrounding structural elements; and
associating at least one additional document with the surrounding structural element based on the characterization of the surrounding and non-surrounding structural elements.
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