SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF STRATEGIC LINKAGES
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for establishing linkages between an advocational document and a decision, wherein the advocational document and decision each include a plurality of portions, comprising:
- for a selected portion of the advocational document, identifying one or more advocational document items of interest within the advocational document;
for each of one or more portions of the decision, identifying one or more decision items of interest;
for each of the one or more portions of the decision, comparing the one or more items of interest of the selected portion of the advocational document with the one or more decision items of interest to generate a plurality of match scores, wherein each match score is affiliated with one of the portions of the decision;
determining which of said match scores is a best match score based upon pre-determined criteria;
associating the selected portion with the portion of the decision affiliated with the best match score if the match score is above a pre-determined threshold.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system, method and medium for associating portions of advocational documents with portions of tribunal decisions in view of common or similar characteristics that are identified between the associated entities. In addition, the associated advocational document portions are imparted with certain characteristics resulting from such an association, such as inheriting the topic of the associated tribunal decision portion or inheriting general characteristics of the decision such as judge or jurisdiction. This allows for the subsequent retrieval of advocational documents in view of various criteria associated with a decision or portion thereof.
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23 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for establishing linkages between an advocational document and a decision, wherein the advocational document and decision each include a plurality of portions, comprising:
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for a selected portion of the advocational document, identifying one or more advocational document items of interest within the advocational document; for each of one or more portions of the decision, identifying one or more decision items of interest; for each of the one or more portions of the decision, comparing the one or more items of interest of the selected portion of the advocational document with the one or more decision items of interest to generate a plurality of match scores, wherein each match score is affiliated with one of the portions of the decision; determining which of said match scores is a best match score based upon pre-determined criteria; associating the selected portion with the portion of the decision affiliated with the best match score if the match score is above a pre-determined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for processing a request for retrieving at least one portion of one or more advocational documents, wherein one or more portions of the one or more advocational documents have been associated with at least one portion of a decision based on best match criteria and linked to the decision as being part of a tribunal record of the decision, comprising:
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receiving an indication that a requestor has requested obtaining at least one portion of the one or more advocational documents associated with a portion of a decision selected by the requestor, wherein the selected portion of the decision has a pre-determined affiliation with a topic; determining whether the at least one portion of the one or more advocational documents as associated with the portion of the decision selected by the requestor exists; and upon determining that the at least one portion of one or more advocational documents associated with the portion of the decision selected by the requestor exists, forwarding the at least one portion to the requestor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for establishing linkages between an advocational document and a decision, wherein the advocational document and decision each include a plurality of portions, and wherein each decision portion is capable of having a pre-determined affiliation with a topic, comprising:
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a linkage server having a hardware processor and a memory; a database containing the advocational document and decision; a best match determiner operating, at least in part, with the linkage server, wherein the best match determiner comprises; an identifier, wherein the identifier receives the advocational document from a database and identifies one or more advocational document items of interest within the advocational document for a selected portion of the advocational document, and wherein the identifier receives the decision from the database and identifies one or more decision items of interest for each of one or more portions of the decision; a comparer, wherein the comparer compares the one or more items of interest of the selected portion of the advocational document with the one or more decision items of interest to generate a plurality of match scores for each of the one or more portions of the decision, and wherein each match score is affiliated with one of the portions of the decision; a score assessor, wherein the score assessor determines which of said match scores is a best match score based upon pre-determined criteria; and a linker, wherein the linker associates the selected portion with the portion of the decision affiliated with the best match score, and assigns to the selected portion the topic associated with the portion of the decision affiliated with the best match score, if the match score is above a pre-determined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for processing a request for retrieving at least one portion of one or more advocational documents, wherein one or more portions of the one or more advocational documents have been associated with at least one portion of a decision based on best match criteria and linked to the decision as being part of a tribunal record of the decision, comprising:
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an inquiry server having a hardware processor and a memory; a database containing the one or more advocational document and decision; a request receiver, wherein the request receiver receives, from a requestor, a request for obtaining at least one portion of the one or more advocational documents associated with a portion of a decision selected by the requestor, wherein the selected portion of the decision has a pre-determined affiliation with a topic; a query processor, wherein the query processor evaluates advocational documents received from the database to determine whether the at least one portion of the one or more advocational documents as associated with the portion of the decision selected by the requestor exists; and upon determining that the at least one portion of one or more advocational documents associated with the portion of the decision selected by the requestor exists, the query processor forwards the at least one portion to the requestor, wherein the at least one portion of the one or more advocational documents associated with the selected portion of the decision is affiliated with substantially the same topic as the selected portion. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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