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Populating a structured presentation with new values

  • US 8,412,749 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2009
  • Issued: 04/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A machine-implemented method comprising:

  • transmitting description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, a visual presentation of the preexisting structured presentation visually presenting information in a systematic arrangement that conforms with a structured design, the preexisting structured presentation denoting characterization of attributes of a particular instance by values that characterize the attributes of the particular instance by virtue of an arrangement of an identifier of the particular instance and the values in the visual presentation of the preexisting structured presentation;

    receiving data describing user interaction with the visual presentation of the preexisting structured presentation, the user interaction identifying a fraction of the visual presentation of the preexisting structured presentation for population with attribute values; and

    in response to the receipt of the data describing the user interaction,comparing characteristics of the identified fraction of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new value that characterizes an instance characterized in the identified fraction of the preexisting structured presentation,adding the new value to the preexisting structured presentation to form a new structured presentation having at least the fraction of the visual presentation identified by the user interaction populated with new attribute values, andoutputting instructions for visually presenting the new structured presentation.

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