System, method, and software for inserting hyperlinks into documents
First Claim
1. A method of automatically inserting hyperlinks into a document, comprising:
- receiving one or more documents;
searching one or more of the documents for content having one or more predefined forms, with the predefined forms defined prior to receiving the one or more documents;
automatically marking one or more portions of one or more of the searched documents based on results of searching the one or more documents for content having one or more of the predefined forms; and
inserting one or more hyperlinks into one or more of the searched documents, with each hyperlink having a URL including at least a portion of the content of the one or more of the marked portions and a domain name associated with a computerized service for use in conducting a search based on the included portion of the content;
wherein automatically marking one or more portions of one or more of the searched documents, comprises;
marking one or more legal citations in one or more of the documents; and
wherein inserting one or more hyperlinks into one or more of the searched documents, comprises;
inserting one or more hyperlinks into at least one of the documents, with each hyperlink associated with at least one of the marked legal citations and each hyperlink having a URL that includes a domain name for a legal research service and at least a portion of one of the marked legal citations.
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Abstract
On the Internet, millions of documents are electronically linked via embedded hyperlinks. The hyperlinks, which function as network addresses for specific documents, can be selected by a user to “jump” electronically from a document on one computer to a document on another computer. One problem with conventional hyperlinks is that they occasionally become out dated and ineffective, as documents are deleted, for example. Accordingly, the inventors devised software that automatically locates and marks specific portions of a document and defines hyperlinks including at least a portion of the marked text. An exemplary implementation, tailored for legal citations, processes the portion of the marked text as a search term, and allows completion of hyperlinks without the necessity of including complete file addresses. This implementation also defines a portion of the hyperlinks based on the cost or time of executing the hyperlink, to reduce the cost or time of executing the hyperlink.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of automatically inserting hyperlinks into a document, comprising:
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receiving one or more documents; searching one or more of the documents for content having one or more predefined forms, with the predefined forms defined prior to receiving the one or more documents; automatically marking one or more portions of one or more of the searched documents based on results of searching the one or more documents for content having one or more of the predefined forms; and inserting one or more hyperlinks into one or more of the searched documents, with each hyperlink having a URL including at least a portion of the content of the one or more of the marked portions and a domain name associated with a computerized service for use in conducting a search based on the included portion of the content; wherein automatically marking one or more portions of one or more of the searched documents, comprises; marking one or more legal citations in one or more of the documents; and wherein inserting one or more hyperlinks into one or more of the searched documents, comprises; inserting one or more hyperlinks into at least one of the documents, with each hyperlink associated with at least one of the marked legal citations and each hyperlink having a URL that includes a domain name for a legal research service and at least a portion of one of the marked legal citations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of automatically inserting hyperlinks into a document, comprising:
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receiving one or more documents; searching one or more of the documents for content having one or more predefined forms, with the predefined forms defined prior to receiving the one or more documents; automatically marking one or more portions of one or more of the searched documents based on results of searching the one or more documents for content having one or more of the predefined forms; and inserting one or more hyperlinks into one or more of the searched documents, with each hyperlink having a URL including at least a portion of the content of the one or more of the marked portions and a domain name associated with a computerized service for use in conducting a search based on the included portion of the content; wherein automatically marking one or more portions of one or more of the searched documents, comprises; marking one or more legal citations in one or more of the documents; and wherein inserting one or more hyperlinks into one or more of the searched documents, comprises; inserting one or more hyperlinks into at least one of the documents, with each hyperlink associated with at least one of the marked legal citations and each hyperlink having a URL that includes a domain name for a legal research service and at least a portion of one of the marked legal citations; and wherein the automatic marking and the inserting occur in response to user operation of a document-processing application having an active edit window associated with the document-processing application, with the active edit window including at least one of the documents. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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