Meta-document and method of managing
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1. A document-based system for acquiring information pertaining to a document, comprising:
- a computer having a memory storing a meta-document including the document, the document including content information, and a set of one or more document service requests based on a personality associated with the document, wherein a personality comprises a theme or context, wherein each document service request in the set comprises a process for using a portion of the document'"'"'s content information as a starting point to obtain other information from a service provider pertaining to the document'"'"'s content information, wherein associating a set of one or more document service requests based on a different personality to the document'"'"'s content information will provide different results; and
a scheduler for autonomously activating and managing the document service requests without user intervention by periodically polling the meta-document for document service requests, for selecting a document service request from the set of one or more document service requests, for initiating and managing communication with a selected service provider to satisfy the selected document service request and for integrating any results from the selected document service request into the meta-document, wherein the meta-document includes the document, the set of one or more document service requests and integrated results;
wherein the set of one or more document service requests follow a sequence of calls to service providers for extracting information from one or more of other documents, databases and data stores, and for searching for other information responsive to any extracted information from the one or more of other documents, databases and data stores.
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Abstract
A system includes a meta-document, i.e., a document including content information which has a set of document service requests associated with it. A document service is a process which uses a portion of the document content as a starting point to obtain other information pertaining to that content. A scheduler selects a document service request from the set, then initiates and manages managing communication with a service provider to satisfy the selected document service. Any results received from the selected document service are integrated into the document.
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1. A document-based system for acquiring information pertaining to a document, comprising:
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a computer having a memory storing a meta-document including the document, the document including content information, and a set of one or more document service requests based on a personality associated with the document, wherein a personality comprises a theme or context, wherein each document service request in the set comprises a process for using a portion of the document'"'"'s content information as a starting point to obtain other information from a service provider pertaining to the document'"'"'s content information, wherein associating a set of one or more document service requests based on a different personality to the document'"'"'s content information will provide different results; and a scheduler for autonomously activating and managing the document service requests without user intervention by periodically polling the meta-document for document service requests, for selecting a document service request from the set of one or more document service requests, for initiating and managing communication with a selected service provider to satisfy the selected document service request and for integrating any results from the selected document service request into the meta-document, wherein the meta-document includes the document, the set of one or more document service requests and integrated results; wherein the set of one or more document service requests follow a sequence of calls to service providers for extracting information from one or more of other documents, databases and data stores, and for searching for other information responsive to any extracted information from the one or more of other documents, databases and data stores. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer implemented document-centric method for acquiring information pertaining to a document, comprising:
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creating a meta-document comprising providing the document, the document including content information, associating a set of one or more document service requests based on a personality with the document, wherein a personality comprises a theme or context, wherein each document service request in the set comprises a process for using a portion of the document'"'"'s content information as a starting point to obtain other information from a service provider pertaining to the document'"'"'s content information, wherein associating a set of one or more document service requests based on a different personality to the document'"'"'s content information will provide different results; and autonomously activating and managing the document service requests without user intervention, comprising; periodically polling the meta-document for document service requests; selecting a document service request from the set; initiating and managing communication with the service provider to satisfy the selected document service request; and integrating any results from the selected document service request into the meta-document, wherein the meta-document includes the document, the set of one or more document service requests and integrated results; wherein the set of one or more document service requests follow a sequence of calls to service providers for extracting information from one or more of other documents, databases and data stores, and for searching for other information responsive to any extracted information from the one or more of other documents, databases and data stores.
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