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COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING UNSTRUCTURED DATA TO STRUCTURED DATA

  • US 20160371238A1
  • Filed: 07/08/2014
  • Published: 12/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computing device for converting unstructured data to structured data having a predetermined format, comprising:

  • a memory storing the unstructured data;

    an input device;

    a display;

    a processor interconnected with the memory, the input device and the display, and configured to;

    retrieve the unstructured data from the memory;

    load parsing rules defining associations between one or more properties of the unstructured data and the predetermined format;

    apply the parsing rules to the unstructured data to divide the unstructured data into a plurality of sections, each section containing a different portion of the unstructured data in one or more fields defined by the predetermined format;

    present the sections on the display;

    generate a template based on the sections, the template including, for each section, a record identifying the properties of the portion of the unstructured data contained in that section, and identifying the one or more fields of the predetermined format and values for the one or more fields;

    store the template in the memory; and

    store the sections as structured data in the memory.

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