Systems, methods, and interfaces for researching contractual precedents
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1. A method of providing contractual precedents, the method comprising:
- accessing a document via a word processing application in a first portion of a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface associated with the word processing application executed on a client access device;
presenting, via an integration component integrated with the word processing application, a topical outline having a plurality of topics and a result folder in a second portion of the graphical user interface;
receiving selection by a user of a topic from the topical outline, the topics in the topical outline being associated with predefined queries for contractual provisions in contractual documents;
transmitting a predefined query associated with the topic to a server in response to the selection of the topic;
receiving from the server for presentation in the result folder at least one contractual provision retrieved by the server from at least one contractual document based on the predefined query; and
selectively adding the at least one contractual provision from the result folder in the second portion of the graphical user interface into the document accessed by the word processing application in the first portion of the graphical user interface.
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Abstract
The present inventors, devised among other things, an exemplary method of researching provisions of contracts. The exemplary method entails receiving user selection of one or more predefined queries for contractual precedents, and executing a search of one or more databases containing agreements based on the received user selection. After executing the search, the method entails displaying a subset of the search results based on a predefined filter stored in association with an identifier for the user. The predefined filter may filter based on traits such as jurisdiction, deal size, industry, or a list of companies.
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1. A method of providing contractual precedents, the method comprising:
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accessing a document via a word processing application in a first portion of a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface associated with the word processing application executed on a client access device; presenting, via an integration component integrated with the word processing application, a topical outline having a plurality of topics and a result folder in a second portion of the graphical user interface; receiving selection by a user of a topic from the topical outline, the topics in the topical outline being associated with predefined queries for contractual provisions in contractual documents; transmitting a predefined query associated with the topic to a server in response to the selection of the topic; receiving from the server for presentation in the result folder at least one contractual provision retrieved by the server from at least one contractual document based on the predefined query; and selectively adding the at least one contractual provision from the result folder in the second portion of the graphical user interface into the document accessed by the word processing application in the first portion of the graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system to provide contractual precedents, the system comprising:
a client access device including a memory storing; a word processing application configured to access a document in a first portion of a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface associated with the word processing application; and an integration component integrated with the word processing application to present a topical outline and a result folder in a second portion of the graphical user interface, the integration component configured to; provide a plurality of topics in the topical outline, the topics associated with predefined queries for contractual provisions in contractual documents; transmit a predefined query to a server in response to selection by a user of a topic from the topical outline; receive from the server in the result folder at least one contractual provision retrieved by the server from at least one contractual document based on the predefined query; and enable selective insertion of the at least one contractual provision from the result folder in the second portion of the graphical user interface into the document accessed by the word processing application in the first portion of the graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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