METHOD OF COMPUTERIZED PRESENTATION OF A DOCUMENT SET VIEW FOR AUDITING INFORMATION AND MANAGING SETS OF MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS AND PAGES

• US 20190332253A1
• Filed: 07/08/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bluebeam, Inc. (Nemetschek SE)
• Original Assignee: Bluebeam, Inc. (Nemetschek SE)
• Inventors: WEZOREK, Joseph W., CHENAULT, Elliot
• Granted Patent: US 10,936,172 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate

Abstract

A method of computerized presentation of a document set view for auditing information of a set of documents. The method includes the initial step of receiving on a computer a selection of an original document. The original document has multiple pages with each of the pages of the original document having corresponding page content. A selection is received from the user of a first region a page of the original document. This process is repeated to retrieve a text string from all of the pages. An addendum document with multiple pages is received. A text string is retrieved from the pages of the addendum document without user intervention. A document set view is provided using the retrieved text stings and displayed for the user to update the associated information and thus allowing for the user to perform a data audit of the automated portion of the process.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A method for automatically extracting information from a document comprising a plurality of pages, comprising:

prompting for selection of a first page region associated with a first property;

receiving selection of the first page region associated with the first property in a first page of the plurality of pages;

prompting for selection of a second page region associated with a second property;

receiving selection of the second page region associated with the second property in the first page of the plurality of pages;

extracting a first text string from the first page region and a second text string from the second page region;

determining, based on the first page region and the second page region, a first replicated page region and a second replicated page region in a second page of the plurality of pages;

extracting a third text string from the first replicated page region and a fourth text string from the second replicated page region; and

displaying a document set view comprising the first and third text strings in association with the first property and the second and fourth text strings in association with the second property.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein extracting the first, second, third, and fourth text strings is via at least one of:

detection of embedded data from the first and second pages of the plurality of pages; and

optical character recognition (OCR).

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first property is a page number and the second property is a page name.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

assigning the first and second text strings to a first page location index associated with the first page of the plurality of pages; and

assigning the third and fourth text strings to a second page location index associated with the second page of the plurality of pages,

wherein the document set view is displayed based on the first and second page location indices.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving updated information corresponding to at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth text strings in the document set view; and

updating at least one of the first and second page location indices based on the updated information.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the first page region is defined by a first set of boundaries relative to the first page and the second page region is defined by a second set of boundaries relative to the first page.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein determining the first replicated page region and the second replicated page region in the second page of the plurality of pages comprises:

applying the first set of boundaries to the second page; and

applying the second set of boundaries to the second page.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving selection of an addendum document comprising at least one addendum page;

determining, based on the first page region and the second page region, a first replicated addendum page region and a second replicated addendum page region in the at least one addendum page;

extracting a fifth text string from the first replicated addendum page region and a sixth text string from the second replicated addendum page region; and

modifying the document set view to further comprise the fifth text string in association with the first property and the sixth text string in association with the second property.

21. A system for automatically extracting information from a document comprising a plurality of pages, the system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one storage device comprising instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising;

prompting for selection of a first page region associated with a first property;

receiving selection of the first page region associated with the first property in a first page of the plurality of pages;

prompting for selection of a second page region associated with a second property;

receiving selection of the second page region associated with the second property in the first page of the plurality of pages;

extracting a first text string from the first page region and a second text string from the second page region;

determining, based on the first page region and the second page region, a first replicated page region and a second replicated page region in a second page of the plurality of pages;

extracting a third text string from the first replicated page region and a fourth text string from the second replicated page region; and

displaying a document set view comprising the first and third text strings in association with the first property and the second and fourth text strings in association with the second property.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein extracting the first, second, third, and fourth text strings is via at least one of:

detection of embedded data from the first and second pages of the plurality of pages; and

optical character recognition (OCR).

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the first property is a page number and the second property is a page name.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises:

assigning the first and second text strings to a first page location index associated with the first page of the plurality of pages; and

assigning the third and fourth text strings to a second page location index associated with the second page of the plurality of pages,

wherein the document set view is displayed based on the first and second page location indices.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving updated information corresponding to at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth text strings in the document set view; and

updating at least one of the first and second page location indices based on the updated information.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the first page region is defined by a first set of boundaries relative to the first page and the second page region is defined by a second set of boundaries relative to the first page.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein determining the first replicated page region and the second replicated page region in the second page of the plurality of pages comprises:

applying the first set of boundaries to the second page; and

applying the second set of boundaries to the second page.

28. A non-transitory computer readable medium for automatically extracting information from a document comprising a plurality of pages, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:

prompting for selection of a first page region associated with a first property;

receiving selection of the first page region associated with the first property in a first page of the plurality of pages;

prompting for selection of a second page region associated with a second property;

receiving selection of the second page region associated with the second property in the first page of the plurality of pages;

extracting a first text string from the first page region and a second text string from the second page region;

determining, based on the first page region and the second page region, a first replicated page region and a second replicated page region in a second page of the plurality of pages;

extracting a third text string from the first replicated page region and a fourth text string from the second replicated page region; and

displaying a document set view comprising the first and third text strings in association with the first property and the second and fourth text strings in association with the second property.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein the first property is a page number and the second property is a page name.

30. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein the method further comprises:

assigning the first and second text strings to a first page location index associated with the first page of the plurality of pages; and

assigning the third and fourth text strings to a second page location index associated with the second page of the plurality of pages,

wherein the document set view is displayed based on the first and second page location indices.

31. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein the first page region is defined by a first set of boundaries relative to the first page and the second page region is defined by a second set of boundaries relative to the first page.

32. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 31, wherein determining the first replicated page region and the second replicated page region in the second page of the plurality of pages comprises:

applying the first set of boundaries to the second page; and

applying the second set of boundaries to the second page.