METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY EXTRACTING APPLICATION SPECIFIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS SELECTED FROM A SET OF DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY EXTRACTED FROM A LIBRARY OF ELECTRONICALLY SEARCHABLE DOCUMENTS

US 6,965,900 B2
Filed: 12/19/2001
Issued: 11/15/2005
Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2001
Status: Expired due to Fees

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1. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:

an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents.

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An apparatus and method provides application specific multidimensional information to an application running on a user computing device from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents. An information extractor is adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents. Also, an encoder is adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents. A member document identifier determines document formatting and decides whether to proceed with further processing. An information verification unit optionally verifies the extraction of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents. A database optionally stores and provides access to the application specific multidimensional information, which may for example be scheduled events having dimensions of time, location, identity.

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1. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
- - 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the application specific multidimensional information extractor further comprises:
    - an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element.
  - 3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
    - a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding.
  - 5. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising:
    - a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language formatting.
  - 7. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 8. An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 9. An apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 10. An apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 11. An apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 12. An apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 13. An apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 14. An apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 15. An apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 16. An apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 17. An apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 18. An apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 19. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 20. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 21. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 22. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 23. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 24. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 25. An apparatus according to claim 19, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 26. An apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 27. An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 28. An apparatus according to claim 22, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 29. An apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 30. An apparatus according to claim 24, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 31. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 32. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 33. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 34. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 35. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 36. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 37. The apparatus of claim 31 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 38. The apparatus of claim 32 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 39. The apparatus of claim 33 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 40. The apparatus of claim 34 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 41. The apparatus of claim 35 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 42. The apparatus of claim 36 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.

43. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents, said event information extractor comprising an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity information and non-prospective event related information contained in member documents according to a time, location and event identity specific coded representation of each of the occurrences of the time, location and event identity information and a coded representation of non-prospective event related information.
- View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 49, 52, 53, 55, 58, 59, 61, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 73, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83)
- - 46. The apparatus of claim 43 further comprising:
    - a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is;
      
      a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 47. The apparatus of claim 46 wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language formatting.
  - 49. An apparatus according to claim 43, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification unit adapted verify the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 52. An apparatus according to claim 46, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification unit adapted verify the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 53. An apparatus according to claim 47, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification unit adapted verify the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 55. An apparatus according to claim 49, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 58. An apparatus according to claim 52, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 59. An apparatus according to claim 53, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 61. The apparatus of claim 49 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 64. The apparatus of claim 52 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 65. The apparatus of claim 53 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 67. An apparatus according to claim 61, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 70. An apparatus according to claim 64, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 71. An apparatus according to claim 65, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 73. The apparatus of claim 61 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 76. The apparatus of claim 64 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 77. The apparatus of claim 65 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event multidimensional information.
  - 79. The apparatus of claim 73 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 82. The apparatus of claim 76 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 83. The apparatus of claim 77 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

44. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents; and
  
  a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not for rejecting the document from further processing.
- View Dependent Claims (45, 50, 51, 56, 57, 62, 63, 68, 69, 74, 75, 80, 81)
- - 45. The apparatus of claim 44, wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding.
  - 50. An apparatus according to claim 44, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification unit adapted verify the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 51. An apparatus according to claim 45, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification unit adapted verify the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 56. An apparatus according to claim 50, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 57. An apparatus according to claim 51, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 62. The apparatus of claim 50 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 63. The apparatus of claim 51 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 68. An apparatus according to claim 62, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 69. An apparatus according to claim 63, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 74. The apparatus of claim 62 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 75. The apparatus of claim 63 wherein, the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 80. The apparatus of claim 74 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 81. The apparatus of claim 75 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

48. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents; and
  
  a scheduled event verification unit adapted verify the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
- View Dependent Claims (54, 60, 66, 72, 78)
- - 54. An apparatus according to claim 48, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 60. The apparatus of claim 48 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing unit adapted to compare occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and thereby increase the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 66. An apparatus according to claim 60, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 72. The apparatus of claim 60 wherein the comparing unit is further adapted to compare occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 78. The apparatus of claim 72 further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

84. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extracting means for extracting occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and extracting occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents.
- View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125)
- - 85. The apparatus of claim 84 wherein the application specific multidimensional information extracting means farther comprises:
    - an encoding means for encoding the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained, in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element.
  - 86. The apparatus of claim 84 further comprising:
    - a member document identifying means for determining whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not for rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 87. The apparatus of claim 86, wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding.
  - 88. The apparatus of claim 85 further comprising:
    - a member document identifying means for determining whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document and if not for rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 89. The apparatus of claim 88 wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language formatting.
  - 90. An apparatus according to claim 84, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification means for verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 91. An apparatus according to claim 85, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification means for verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 92. An apparatus according to claim 86, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification means for verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 93. An apparatus according to claim 87, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification means for verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 94. An apparatus according to claim 88, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification means for verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 95. An apparatus according to claim 89, further comprising:
    - an application specific multidimensional information verification means for verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 96. An apparatus according to claim 90, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 97. An apparatus according to claim 91, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 98. An apparatus according to claim 92, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 99. An apparatus according to claim 93, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 100. An apparatus according to claim 94, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 101. An apparatus according to claim 95, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 102. The apparatus of claim 90 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 103. The apparatus of claim 91 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing mew-6 for comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 104. The apparatus of claim 92 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 105. The apparatus of claim 93 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 106. The apparatus of claim 94 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for computing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 107. The apparatus of claim 95 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 108. An apparatus according to claim 102, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 109. An apparatus according to claim 103, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 110. An apparatus according to claim 104, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 111. An apparatus according to claim 105, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 112. An apparatus according to claim 106, further comprising:
    - a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 113. An apparatus according to claim 107, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information for providing provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 114. The apparatus of claim 90 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 115. The apparatus of claim 91 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 116. The apparatus of claim 92 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 117. The apparatus of claim 93 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 118. The apparatus of claim 94 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 119. The apparatus of claim 95 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 120. The apparatus of claim 114 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 121. The apparatus of claim 115 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 122. The apparatus of claim 116 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 123. The apparatus of claim 117 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 124. The apparatus of claim 118 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 125. The apparatus of claim 119 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.

126. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extracting means for extracting occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and for extracting occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents, said event information extracting means comprising an encoding means for encoding the occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity information and non-prospective event related information contained in member documents according to a time, location and event identity specific coded representation of each of the occurrences of the time, location and event identity information and a coded representation of non-prospective event related information.
- View Dependent Claims (132, 138, 144, 150, 156, 162)
- - 132. An apparatus according to claim 126, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification means for verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 138. An apparatus according to claim 132, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 144. The apparatus of claim 132 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 150. An apparatus according to claim 144, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 156. The apparatus of claim 144 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 162. The apparatus of claim 156 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

127. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extracting means for extracting occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and for extracting occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents; and
  
  a member document identifying means for determining whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.
- View Dependent Claims (128, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 154, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166)
- - 128. The apparatus of claim 127, wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding.
  - 129. The apparatus of claim 128 further comprising:
    - a member document identifying means for determining whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 130. The apparatus of claim 129 wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language formatting.
  - 133. An apparatus according to claim 127, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification means for verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 134. An apparatus according to claim 128, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification means for verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 135. An apparatus according to claim 129, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification means for verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 136. An apparatus according to claim 130, further comprising:
    - a scheduled event verification means for verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 139. An apparatus according to claim 133, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 140. An apparatus according to claim 134, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 141. An apparatus according to claim 135, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 142. An apparatus according to claim 136, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 145. The apparatus of claim 133 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 146. The apparatus of claim 134 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 147. The apparatus of claim 135 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 148. The apparatus of claim 136 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 151. An apparatus according to claim 145, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 152. An apparatus according to claim 146, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 153. An apparatus according to claim 147, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 154. An apparatus according to claim 148, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 157. The apparatus of claim 145 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 158. The apparatus of claim 146 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 159. The apparatus of claim 147 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 160. The apparatus of claim 148 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 163. The apparatus of claim 157 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 164. The apparatus of claim 158 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 165. The apparatus of claim 159 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 166. The apparatus of claim 160 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

131. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extracting means for extracting occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and for extracting occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents; and
  
  a scheduled event verification means for verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
- View Dependent Claims (137, 143, 149, 155, 161)
- - 137. An apparatus according to claim 131, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 143. The apparatus of claim 131 wherein the scheduled event information verification unit further comprises:
    - a comparing means for comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 149. An apparatus according to claim 143, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the scheduled event information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 155. The apparatus of claim 143 wherein the comparing means further comprises means for comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 161. The apparatus of claim 155 further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

167. A method for providing application specific multidimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- extracting occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and extracting occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents.
- View Dependent Claims (168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208)
- - 168. The method of claim 167 wherein the application specific multidimensional information extracting step further comprises:
    - encoding the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element.
  - 169. The method of claim 167 further comprising:
    - determining whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if is not whether the member document is a dense document and if not, rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 170. The method of claim 169, wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding.
  - 171. The method of claim 168 further comprising:
    - determining whether a '"'"'neater document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 172. The method of claim 171 wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language formatting.
  - 173. The method according to claim 167, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 174. The method according to claim 168, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 175. The method according to claim 169, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 176. The method according to claim 170, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 177. The method according to claim 171, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 178. The method according to claim 172, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.
  - 179. The method according to claim 173, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 180. The method according to claim 174, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 181. The method according to claim 175, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 182. The method according to claim 176, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 183. The method according to claim 177, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 184. An apparatus according to claim 178, further comprising:
    - a database means for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 185. The method of claim 173 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification gap further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 186. The method of claim 174 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 187. The method of claim 175 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 188. The method of claim 176 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 189. The method of claim 177 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 190. The method of claim 178 wherein the application specific multidimensional information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of application specific multidimensional information from more than one member document and thereby increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the particular application specific multidimensional information.
  - 191. The method according to claim 185, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 192. The method according to claim 186, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 193. The method according to claim 187, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 194. The method according to claim 188, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 195. The method according to claim 189, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 196. The method according to claim 190, further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 197. The method of claim 185 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 198. The method of claim 186 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 199. The method of claim 187 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 200. The method of claim 188 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 201. The method of claim 189 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 202. The method of claim 190 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 203. The method of claim 197 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 204. The method of claim 198 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 205. The method of claim 199 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 206. The method of claim 200 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 207. The method of claim 201 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.
  - 208. The method of claim 202 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.

209. A method for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- extracting occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents; and
  
  encoding the occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity information and non-prospective event related information contained in member documents according to a time, location and event identity specific coded representation of each of the occurrences of the time, location and event identity information and a coded representation of non-prospective event related information.
- View Dependent Claims (215, 221, 227, 233, 239, 245)
- - 215. The method according to claim 209, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 221. The method according to claim 215, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 227. The method of claim 215 wherein the scheduled event information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 233. The method according to claim 227, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 239. The method of claim 227 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event multidimensional information.
  - 245. The method of claim 239 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

210. A method for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- extracting occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents; and
  
  determining whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.
- View Dependent Claims (211, 212, 213, 216, 217, 218, 219, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241, 242, 243, 246, 247, 248, 249)
- - 211. The method of claim 210, wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding.
  - 212. The method of claim 211 further comprising:
    - determining whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.
  - 213. The apparatus of claim 212 wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language formatting.
  - 216. The method according to claim 210, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 217. The method according to claim 211, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 218. The method according to claim 212, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 219. The method according to claim 213, further comprising:
    - verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
  - 222. The method according to claim 216, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a us, computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 223. The method according to claim 217, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 224. The method according to claim 218, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device coca to the scheduled event information.
  - 225. The method according to claim 219, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 228. The method of claim 216 wherein the scheduled event information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 229. The method of claim 217 wherein the scheduled event information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 230. The method of claim 218 wherein the scheduled event information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 231. The method of claim 219 wherein the scheduled event information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 234. The method according to claim 228, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 235. The method according to claim 229, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 236. The method according to claim 230, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 237. The method according to claim 231, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 240. The method of claim 228 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 241. The method of claim 229 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 242. The apparatus of claim 230 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 243. The method of claim 231 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 246. The method of claim 240 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 247. The method of claim 241 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 248. The method of claim 242 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 249. The method of claim 243 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and for providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

214. A method for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- extracting occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and for extracting occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents; and
  
  verifying the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.
- View Dependent Claims (220, 226, 232, 238, 244)
- - 220. The method according to claim 214, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 226. The method of claim 214 wherein the scheduled event information verification step further comprises:
    - comparing occurrences of time, location or event identity information from more than one member document and increasing the confidence level of the accuracy of the scheduled event information.
  - 232. The method according to claim 226, further comprising:
    - storing the scheduled event information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.
  - 238. The method of claim 226 wherein the comparing step further comprises comparing occurrences of incomplete elements of respective dimensions of the scheduled event information.
  - 244. The method of claim 238 further comprising:
    - storing the application specific multi-dimensional information and providing an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

250. An apparatus for providing application specific multidimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents; and
  
  , an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element.

251. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element; and
  
  , a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.

252. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element;
  
  a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing; and
  
  , wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding.

253. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a nonapplication specific coded representation of each nonapplication specific multidimensional information element; and
  
  an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.

254. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element;
  
  a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing; and
  
  , an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.

255. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specify multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element;
  
  a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing;
  
  wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding; and
  
  , an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify, the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents.

256. An apparatus for providing application specific multi-dimensional information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is a category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an application specific multidimensional information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of dimensions of application specific multidimensional information from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-application specific multidimensional information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective dimensions of application specific multidimensional information and non-application specific multidimensional information contained in member documents according to a dimension specific coded representation of each dimension of application specific multidimensional information and a non-application specific coded representation of each non-application specific multidimensional information element;
  
  a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing;
  
  wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding;
  
  an application specific multidimensional information verification unit adapted verify the extraction of application specific multi-dimensional information from the member documents; and
  
  , a database for storing the application specific multi-dimensional information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the application specific multidimensional information.

257. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member document; and
  
  , an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity information and non-prospective event related information contained in member documents according to a time, location and event identity specific coded representation of each of the occurrences of the time, location and event identity information and a coded representation of non-prospective event related information.

258. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity information and non-prospective event related information contained in member documents according to a time, location and event identity specific coded representation of each of the occurrences of the time, location and event identity information and a coded representation of non-prospective event related information; and
  
  , a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing.

259. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity information and non-prospective event related information contained in member documents according to a time, location and event identity specific coded representation of each of the occurrences of the time, location and event identity information and a coded representation of non-prospective event related information;
  
  a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and tr not for rejecting the document from further processing; and
  
  , wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding.

260. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity information and non-prospective event related information contained in member documents according to a time, location and event identity specific coded representation of each of the occurrences of the time, location and event identity information and a coded representation of non-prospective event related information;
  
  a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not for rejecting the document from further processing;
  
  wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding;
  
  a scheduled event verification it adapted verify the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents.

261. An apparatus for providing scheduled event information to an application running on a user computing device, wherein at least one dimension of the information is an event category, from a plurality of member documents electronically extracted from a library of electronically searchable documents, comprising:
- an event information extractor adapted to extract occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity from the member documents, and to extract occurrences of non-prospective event related information from the member documents;
  
  an encoder adapted to encode the occurrences of prospective representations of the time, location and event identity information and non-prospective event related information contained in member documents according to a time, location and event identity specific coded representation of each of the occurrences of the time, location and event identity information and a coded representation of non-prospective event related information;
  
  a member document identifier adapted to determine whether a member document contains coded formatting, and if not, whether the member document is a dense document, and if not, for rejecting the document from further processing;
  
  wherein the coded formatting comprises network markup language coding;
  
  a scheduled event verification unit adapted verify the extraction of scheduled event information from the member documents; and
  
  , a database for storing the scheduled event information adapted to provide an application running on a user computing device access to the scheduled event information.

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Current Assignee
Xlabs Holdings LLC
Original Assignee
Xlabs Holdings LLC
Inventors
Khosla, Deepak, Owechko, Yuri, Srinivasa, Narayan, Medasani, Swarup S.
Primary Examiner(s)
Pardo, Thuy N.

Application Number

US10/026,065
Publication Number

US 20030115189A1
Time in Patent Office

1,427 Days
Field of Search

707/3, 707/5, 707/10, 707/100, 707/101, 707/102, 707/103, 707/104, 707/4, 711/100, 715/530, 704/10
US Class Current

1/1
CPC Class Codes

G06F 16/335   Filtering based on addition...

Y10S 707/99933   Query processing, i.e. sear...

Y10S 707/99935   Query augmenting and refini...

Y10S 707/99942   Manipulating data structure...

Y10S 707/99943   Generating database or data...

Y10S 707/99945   Object-oriented database st...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY EXTRACTING APPLICATION SPECIFIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS SELECTED FROM A SET OF DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY EXTRACTED FROM A LIBRARY OF ELECTRONICALLY SEARCHABLE DOCUMENTS

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONICALLY EXTRACTING APPLICATION SPECIFIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS SELECTED FROM A SET OF DOCUMENTS ELECTRONICALLY EXTRACTED FROM A LIBRARY OF ELECTRONICALLY SEARCHABLE DOCUMENTS

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