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Document quotation indexing system and method

  • US 8,805,781 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2005
  • Issued: 08/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computerized method of presenting documents to an end user comprising:

  • a) identifying in a source document, in a computerized system, at least one quoted text portion quoted by a quoting document, leaving a non-quoted text portion that was not quoted by any quoting document, wherein the quoted text portion and the non-quoted text portion both have a context in which each portion is found in the source document, and wherein the quoting document indicates that the source document is the source of the quote;

    b) storing in the computerized system, in association with the source document, the fact that the quoted text portion has been quoted by the quoting document along with the location of the quoted text portion in the source document;

    c) recalling the stored location of the quoted text portion when displaying the source document without accessing the quoting document;

    d) highlighting the quoted text portion, based on the stored location recalled in step c), during the display of the source document through a computerized interface to visually distinguish the quoted text portion as different than the non-quoted text portion, wherein a technique for the highlighting is selected from a set comprising changing a color of a font for displayed text, creating a different colored background for displayed text, and otherwise visually emphasizing the importance of displayed text;

    e) receiving a user selection of the quoted text portion; and

    f) displaying a list of quoting documents that quote the selected quoted text portion.

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