OFFLINE INTERACTIVE NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING RESULTS

• US 20190332664A1
• Filed: 04/25/2019
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patent BOTS Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Patent BOTS LLC
• Inventors: O'Neill, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 11,194,956 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/137 Hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/284 Lexical analysis, e.g. tokenisation or collocates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/289 Phrasal analysis, e.g. finite state techniques or chunking

Abstract

Interactive natural language processing (NLP) results may be generated that allow a user to interact with the NLP results but do so in an offline manner so that the documents being processed need not be stored online. To provide interactive NLP results, event handlers may be attached to elements of the NLP results. A user may then select a word or phrase of the NLP results to cause computer software provided with the NLP to present the interactive features. For example, a user may click on a definite noun phrase to view information for diagnosing antecedent basis errors. For another example, a user may click on a word to view information about how that word is used in a document, such as viewing portions of the document that include the word or variants of the word.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

providing first data comprising hypertext markup language (HTML), wherein the first data comprises;

text of a first patent claim, wherein the text of the first patent claim comprises a first noun phrase and a second noun phrase,

a first HTML element that encloses the first noun phrase of the first patent claim, wherein the first HTML element includes first metadata that indicates that the first noun phrase does not have an antecedent basis,

a second HTML element that encloses the second noun phrase of the first patent claim, wherein the second HTML element includes second metadata that indicates that the second noun phrase has an antecedent basis; and

providing second data comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform actions comprising;

binding an event handler to the first HTML element;

receiving a user-interface event corresponding to a selection of the first HTML element,

obtaining the first HTML element using the user-interface event;

processing the first HTML element to obtain information about words of the first noun phrase,

identifying a matching word using the information about the words of the first noun phrase, wherein the matching word is outside of the first noun phrase, and

modifying an appearance of the matching word.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the first html element comprises a third html element;

the third html element encloses a word of the first noun phrase; and

processing the first HTML element to obtain information about words of the first noun phrase comprises processing the third HTML element.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein:

the third HTML element comprises third metadata indicating a base form of the word; and

identifying the matching word comprises using the base form of the word.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein:

the first data comprises a fourth HTML element that encloses the matching word;

the fourth HTML element comprises fourth metadata indicating a base form of the matching word; and

identifying the matching word comprises using the base form of the matching word.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the matching word comprises comparing a base form of a word of the first noun phrase and a base form of the matching word.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the base form of a word comprises a stem of the word, a lemma of the word, or a prefix of the word.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the third metadata comprises a data attribute of the third HTML element.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second data comprises JavaScript.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user-interface event corresponds to a mouse click.

10. A system comprising at least one computing device comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one computing device configured to:

receiving first data comprising hypertext markup language (HTML), wherein the first data comprises;

text of a first patent claim, wherein the text of the first patent claim comprises a first noun phrase and a second noun phrase,

a first HTML element that encloses the first noun phrase of the first patent claim, wherein the first HTML element includes first metadata that indicates that the first noun phrase does not have an antecedent basis,

a second HTML element that encloses the second noun phrase of the first patent claim, wherein the second HTML element includes second metadata that indicates that the second noun phrase has an antecedent basis;

binding an event handler to the first HTML element;

receiving a user-interface event corresponding to a selection of the first HTML element;

obtaining the first HTML element using the user-interface event;

processing the first HTML element to obtain information about words of the first noun phrase;

identifying a matching word using the information about the words of the first noun phrase, wherein the matching word is outside of the first noun phrase; and

modifying an appearance of the matching word.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the first html element comprises a third html element;

the third html element encloses a word of the first noun phrase; and

processing the first HTML element to obtain information about words of the first noun phrase comprises processing the third HTML element.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the third HTML element comprises third metadata indicating a base form of the word; and

identifying the matching word comprises using the base form of the word.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the first data comprises a fourth HTML element that encloses the matching word;

the fourth HTML element comprises fourth metadata indicating a base form of the matching word; and

identifying the matching word comprises using the base form of the matching word.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein identifying the matching word comprises comparing a base form of a word of the first noun phrase and a base form of the matching word.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the first HTML element is a span element.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the first metadata comprises a class of the first HTML element.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein modifying the appearance of the matching word comprises changing a font weight of the matching word.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the matching word is in a second claim.

19. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform actions comprising:

generating first data comprising hypertext markup language (HTML), wherein the first data comprises;

text of a first patent claim, wherein the text of the first patent claim comprises a first noun phrase and a second noun phrase,

a first HTML element that encloses the first noun phrase of the first patent claim, wherein the first HTML element includes first metadata that indicates that the first noun phrase does not have an antecedent basis,

a second HTML element that encloses the second noun phrase of the first patent claim, wherein the second HTML element includes second metadata that indicates that the second noun phrase has an antecedent basis; and

generating second data comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform actions comprising;

binding an event handler to the first HTML element;

receiving a user-interface event corresponding to a selection of the first HTML element,

obtaining the first HTML element using the user-interface event;

processing the first HTML element to obtain information about words of the first noun phrase,

identifying a matching word using the information about the words of the first noun phrase, wherein the matching word is outside of the first noun phrase, and

modifying an appearance of the matching word.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein identifying the matching word comprises comparing a base form of a word of the first noun phrase and a base form of the matching word.