Method and System for Hierarchical Document Management in a Document Review System
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of documents;
for each document in the plurality of documents;
determining if the document is attached to a parent document;
if the document is not attached to a parent document, creating a root node in a hierarchy corresponding to the document; and
if the document is attached to a parent document, creating a child node in the hierarchy corresponding to the attached document, the child node being inserted as a child of the node corresponding to the parent document; and
selecting a first document; and
performing an action on the first document and at least one of the documents having a specified relationship to the first document based on the hierarchy.
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Abstract
A method and machine-readable medium for reviewing documents are described. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a plurality of documents; for each document in the plurality of documents: determining if the document is attached to a parent document; if the document is not attached to a parent document, creating a root node in a hierarchy corresponding to the document; and if the document is attached to a parent document, creating a child node in the hierarchy corresponding to the attached document, the child node being inserted as a child of the node corresponding to the parent document; and selecting a first document; and performing an action on the first document and any documents having a specified relationship to the first document based on the hierarchy. In other embodiments, the process includes a machine-readable medium that provides instructions for a processor, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method of the present invention.
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12 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of documents; for each document in the plurality of documents; determining if the document is attached to a parent document; if the document is not attached to a parent document, creating a root node in a hierarchy corresponding to the document; and if the document is attached to a parent document, creating a child node in the hierarchy corresponding to the attached document, the child node being inserted as a child of the node corresponding to the parent document; and selecting a first document; and performing an action on the first document and at least one of the documents having a specified relationship to the first document based on the hierarchy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A machine-readable medium that provides instructions for a processor, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of documents; for each document in the plurality of documents; determining if the document is attached to another document; if the document is not attached to another document, creating a root node in a hierarchy corresponding to the document; and if the document is attached to a parent document, creating a child node in the hierarchy corresponding to the attached document, the child node being inserted as a child of the node corresponding to the parent document; and selecting a first document; and performing an action on the first document and at least one of the documents having a specified relationship to the first document based on the hierarchy. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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