System with user directed enrichment

• US 8,239,413 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2011
• Issued: 08/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: III Holdings 6, LLC
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Hubert, Laurence
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US13/078,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20110184827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-861
• US Class Current: 707/791
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A system for enriching document content using enrichment themes includes a directed search service and an import-export service. The directed search service allows users to author documents while querying information providers using the directed searches that are inserted as part of the authored documents. The import-export service enables meta-document exchanges between systems that provide document enrichment by binding imported meta-documents to identical or similar information providers.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving user input specifying (i) search criteria for acquiring search results, (ii) a maximum payment amount for purchasing document content, and (iii) result parameters for indicating how to integrate document content embodying search results into a document;

defining a machine readable form of the search criteria and the result parameters for insertion into the document;

responsive to receipt of the search criteria inserted in the document in the machine readable form, using the search criteria to acquire search results;

the acquired search results being associated with a purchase fee;

providing, for integration into the document, document content embodying the acquired search results in accordance with the result parameters when the purchase fee of the acquired search results is less than or equal to the maximum payment amount for purchasing document content;

wherein at least said receiving, defining, using, and providing are performed using one or more processors.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the machine readable form is a markup language.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the document content provided for integration into the document is provided in the form of a link.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the document content provided for integration into the document is provided in the form of content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the document content provided for integration into the document is provided in the form of metadata.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing further comprises filtering the search results.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said providing further comprises summarizing the search results.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said providing provides, for integration into the document, document content embodying a notice that search results exist for purchase when the purchase fee exceeds the maximum payment amount.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the notice that search results exist for purchase includes a price.

10. The method of claim 9, where said defining further comprises defining a machine readable form of the maximum payment amount for insertion into the document.