Document Printing for a Web-Based Data Analysis and Document Review System

• US 20090024942A1
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inference Data LLC (DOAR Communications, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Inference Data LLC (DOAR Communications, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stein, Marc, Rupp, Richard, Pendergast, Brian S., Croce, Nicholas C.
• Application Number:
  US12/109,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20090024942A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1253 Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1272 Digital storefront, e.g. e-ordering, web2print, submitting a job from a remote submission screen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server

Abstract

A web-based data analysis and document review system is operable to provide a graphical user interface that allows a user to select print options for a group of documents stored by the system. The print options include different print formats each of which offers the user a respective set of features which can be selected for printing the particular group of documents as part of a batch print job.

Claims

1. A method in a web-based data analysis and document review system, the method comprising:

providing a graphical user interface that allows a user to select print options for a group of documents stored by the system, wherein the print options include a plurality of different print formats each of which offers the user a respective set of features which can be selected for printing the particular group of documents as part of a batch print job.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether the printed documents are to include a watermark, a header, a footer, or Bates-type sequential numbering.

3. The method of claim 2 including printing the documents in accordance with the user-selected features.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to specify text for the watermark, to choose a font or font size of the watermark, or to choose an angle of the watermark to appear on the printed documents.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to specify text for the header or footer, to choose a font or font size of the header or footer, or to choose an alignment for the header or footer.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to specify a type of template for the sequential numbering, a start value for the numbering, a location for the numbering, or a font or font-size for the numbering.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether redacted versions of documents for the group of documents are to be included for printing, wherein the user can select a redaction set from among a list of available redaction sets.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to select how redacted materials are to appear in printed versions of the documents.

9. The method of claim 3 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether documents related to the documents in the group are to be printed.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the user has the ability to choose whether the related documents are to be identified in a printed table of contents in the batch print job.

11. The method of claim 3 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether a separator page is to be provided between printed documents in the batch print job.

12. A web-based data analysis and document review system comprising:

a user terminal; and

one or more a servers coupled to the user terminal to provide a graphical user interface that allows a user to select print options for a group of documents stored by the system, wherein the print options include a plurality of different print formats each of which offers the user a respective set of features which can be selected for printing the particular group of documents as part of a batch print job.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether the printed documents are to include a watermark, a header, a footer, or Bates-type sequential numbering.

14. The system of claim 13 operable to print the documents in accordance with the user-selected features.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to specify text for the watermark, to choose a font or font size of the watermark, or to choose an angle of the watermark to appear on the printed documents.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to specify text for the header or footer, to choose a font or font size of the header or footer, or to choose an alignment for the header or footer.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to specify a type of template for the sequential numbering, a start value for the numbering, a location for the numbering, or a font or font-size for the numbering.

18. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether redacted versions of documents for the group of documents are to be included for printing, wherein the user can select a redaction set from among a list of available redaction sets.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to select how redacted materials are to appear in printed versions of the documents.

20. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether documents related to the documents in the group are to be printed.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the user has the ability to choose whether the related documents are to be identified in a printed table of contents in the batch print job.

22. The system of claim 14 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether a separator page is to be provided between printed documents in the batch print job.

23. An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores machine-executable instructions for causing a machine in a web-based data analysis and document review system to:

provide a graphical user interface that allows a user to select print options for a group of documents stored by the system, wherein the print options include a plurality of different print formats each of which offers the user a respective set of features which can be selected for printing the particular group of documents as part of a batch print job.

24. The article of claim 23 wherein at least one of the print formats gives the user the ability to choose whether the printed documents are to include a watermark, a header, a footer, or Bates-type sequential numbering.

25. The article of claim 24 including instructions for causing the documents to be printed in accordance with the user-selected features.