METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING A DOCUMENT WITH A DATABASE FIELD VALUE

• US 20150309972A1
• Filed: 04/24/2014
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Relativity ODA LLC
• Original Assignee: kCura Corporation
• Inventors: John, Sam, Zider, Mark, Connor, Charles, Geter, Charles, Bubert, Casey, Hogan, Ted
• Application Number:
  US14/260,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20150309972A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for associating a document with a database field value are disclosed. For example, a user of an electronic record management system may be viewing a document and/or metadata associated with a document on a primary display, such as a desktop computer display. In addition, the user may be viewing various database fields and/or potential values for those fields on a secondary display, such as a tablet device. The user can then select certain user interface objects, such as buttons, and/or perform certain predefined user gestures, such as a left swipe, on the secondary display. As a result, one or more database fields associated with the document are populated with one or more values. For example, the user may be executing an electronic document review application on a desktop computer while coding documents using a tablet device synchronized to the electronic document review application via the Internet.

Claims

1. A method of associating a document with a database field value, the method comprising:

displaying at least one of the document and metadata associated with the document on a first display of a first computing device;

receiving at least one of a user gesture and a user interface object interaction via a touch screen associated with a second different display of a second different computing device;

transmitting data indicative of the user gesture from the second computing device to the first computing device; and

associating the document with the database field value based on the gesture.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user gesture is user definable.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein associating the document with the database field value includes coding the document in an electronic document review application.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein coding the document based on the gesture includes coding the document with a first code if the gesture is a swipe in a first direction and coding the document with a second different code if the gesture is a swipe in a second different direction.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first direction is opposite of the second direction.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first code and the second code are user definable.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein coding the document includes coding the document as at least one of privileged, responsive, not responsive, and hot.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the document on the first display includes displaying the document in an electronic document review application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the document on the first display includes displaying the document on a desktop monitor and receiving the user gesture via the touch screen includes receiving the user gesture via a tablet device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting data indicative of the user gesture from the first computing device to the second computing device includes transmitting the data via a network.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein transmitting the data via the network includes transmitting the data via the Internet.

12. An apparatus for associating a document with a database field value, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a network interface operatively coupled to the processor; and

a memory device operatively coupled to the processor, the memory device storing instructions to cause the processor to;

display at least one of the document and metadata associated with the document on a first display of a first computing device;

receive at least one of a user gesture and a user interface object interaction via a touch screen associated with a second different display of a second different computing device;

transmit data indicative of the user gesture from the second computing device to the first computing device; and

associate the document with the database field value based on the gesture.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the user gesture is user definable.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein associating the document with the database field value includes coding the document in an electronic document review application.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the processor to code the document with a first code if the gesture is a swipe in a first direction and coding the document with a second different code if the gesture is a swipe in a second different direction.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first direction is opposite of the second direction.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the first code and the second code are user definable.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the processor to code the document as at least one of privileged, responsive, not responsive, and hot.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the processor to display the document in an electronic document review application.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the processor to display the document on a desktop monitor and receiving the user gesture via the touch screen includes receiving the user gesture via a tablet device.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the processor to transmit the data indicative of the user gesture from the first computing device to the second computing device via a network.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the processor to transmit the data indicative of the user gesture via the Internet.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein associating the document with the database field value includes coding the document in an electronic document review application.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 25, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the computing device to code the document with a first code if the gesture is a swipe in a first direction and coding the document with a second different code if the gesture is a swipe in a second different direction.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 26, wherein the first direction is opposite of the second direction.

28. The computer readable medium of claim 26, wherein the first code and the second code are user definable.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 25, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the computing device to code the document as at least one of privileged, responsive, not responsive, and hot.

23. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions structured to cause a computing device to:

display at least one of the document and metadata associated with the document on a first display of a first computing device;

receive at least one of a user gesture and a user interface object interaction via a touch screen associated with a second different display of a second different computing device;

transmit data indicative of the user gesture from the second computing device to the first computing device; and

associate the document with the database field value based on the gesture.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the user gesture is user definable.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the computing device to display the document in an electronic document review application.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the computing device to display the document on a desktop monitor and receiving the user gesture via the touch screen includes receiving the user gesture via a tablet device.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the processor to transmit the data indicative of the user gesture from the first computing device to the second computing device via a network.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions are structured to cause the computing device to transmit the data indicative of the user gesture via the Internet.

34. A method of associating a document with a database field value, the method comprising:

displaying at least one of the document and metadata associated with the document on a touch screen display;

receiving a user gesture via the touch screen display; and

associating the document with the database field value based on the gesture.

35. The method of claim 34, wherein the user gesture is user definable.

36. The method of claim 34, wherein associating the document with the database field value includes coding the document in an electronic document review application.

37. The method of claim 34, wherein coding the document based on the gesture includes coding the document with a first code if the gesture is a swipe in a first direction and coding the document with a second different code if the gesture is a swipe in a second different direction.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the first direction is opposite of the second direction.

39. The method of claim 37, wherein the first code and the second code are user definable.

40. The method of claim 34, wherein coding the document includes coding the document as at least one of privileged, responsive, not responsive, and hot.

41. The method of claim 34, wherein displaying the document on the touch screen display includes displaying the document in an electronic document review application.