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Systems, methods, and interfaces for researching contractual precedents

  • US 8,489,572 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2009
  • Issued: 07/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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