ADVANCED FEATURES, SERVICE AND DISPLAYS OF LEGAL AND REGULATORY INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of providing online legal research comprising:
- receiving a first signal comprising a first query for searching a first set of legal documents;
in response to the first query, identifying a second set of legal documents, the second set of legal documents being a subset of the first set of documents;
receiving a second signal indicative of a user annotation to be associated with a particular document within the second set of legal documents;
associating the user annotation with the particular document; and
storing the user annotation and a reference to the particular document in a data store.
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Abstract
Systems and techniques are disclosed that allow a user to enter a query in a query input region of a graphical user interface and respond to the query by automatically directing it to an appropriate database, saving a user from having to choose among the myriad databases within the system. The system provides shareable folders for not only selected documents or excerpts from documents, but also for annotations and markups associated with documents. The system also enables a user to set permissions as to whether to allow documents, as well annotations and markups, private or publicly available to other users. Further, the system allows a user to specify an action that is to occur once a particular event occurs affecting a document, annotation or markup.
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45 Claims
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1. A method of providing online legal research comprising:
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receiving a first signal comprising a first query for searching a first set of legal documents; in response to the first query, identifying a second set of legal documents, the second set of legal documents being a subset of the first set of documents; receiving a second signal indicative of a user annotation to be associated with a particular document within the second set of legal documents; associating the user annotation with the particular document; and storing the user annotation and a reference to the particular document in a data store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions that, when applied to the machine, cause the machine to:
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identify a second set of legal documents from a first set of legal documents in response to receiving a first signal comprising a first query, the second set of legal documents a subset of the first set of legal documents; associate a user annotation with a particular document associated with the second set of legal documents in response to receiving a second signal indicative of the user annotation and the particular document; and store the user annotation and a reference to the particular document in a data store. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system comprising:
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a data store; a server coupled to the data store, the server including a processor and memory storing instructions that, in response to receiving a request for access to a service, cause the processor to; identify a second set of legal documents from a first set of legal documents in response to receiving a first signal comprising a first query, the second set of legal documents a subset of the first set of legal documents; associate a user annotation with a particular document associated with the second set of legal documents in response to receiving a second signal indicative of the user annotation and the particular document; and store the user annotation and a reference to the particular document in the data store. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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