Determining and assisting with document or design code completeness

• US 10,387,553 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2016
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cox, Susan M., Janakiraman, Janani, Kochura, Nadiya, Lu, Fang, Ramirez, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Tapp, Amelia L
• Application Number:
  US15/341,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20180121404A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis

Abstract

A tool is provided for document or design code completion. The tool includes a storage element in which common and user-specific unfinished work indicators are stored in first and second databases, respectively, a search element and a processor. The search element is disposed to identify unfinished work in documents by searching for matches of first text within the documents with second text of the common and user-specific work indicators in the first and second databases. The processor is configured to create a third database including the second text and pertinent sections of the documents. The pertinent sections are respectively associated with the second text and verifiably marked as unfinished by natural language processing of the first and second text by the processor. The processor is further configured to update the first and second databases based on results of the natural language processing.

Claims

1. A tool for document or design code completion, comprising:

a storage element in which common and user-specific unfinished work indicators are stored in first and second databases, respectively;

a search element disposed to identify unfinished work in documents by searching for matches of first text within the documents with second text of the common and user-specific work indicators in the first and second databases; and

a processor configured to create a third database comprising the second text and pertinent sections of the documents,

the pertinent sections being respectively associated with the second text and verifiably marked as unfinished by natural language processing of the first and second text by the processor, and

the processor being further configured to update the first and second databases based on results of the natural language processing,

wherein the common unfinished work indicators comprise multilingual or multi-cultural acronyms and phrases, empty sections and separators, and

wherein the user-specific unfinished work indicators comprise user-added indicators, updateable collections of previously-used indicators and a measure of a finished appearance of a document.

2. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the search element initially searches for candidates of unfinished work.

3. The tool according to claim 2, wherein the candidates of unfinished work comprise a captured common or user-specific unfinished work indicator and at least a surrounding phrase.

4. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the pertinent sections are at least one of textually related to the second text and proximate to the second text.

5. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the pertinent sections are verifiably marked as unfinished in an event the natural language processing dictates user intent to input an unfinished marking.

6. The tool according to claim 5, wherein the natural language processing analyses common document language, previous documents, and statistical analysis.

7. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the third database further comprises an identification of a user associated with the second text.

8. The tool according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit to display information of the third database to a user.

9. The tool according to claim 8, wherein the display unit displays the information in an interactive, navigable graphical user interface (GUI).

10. A computer-implemented method of operating a tool for document or design code completion, the method comprising:

storing common and user-specific unfinished work indicators in first and second databases, respectively;

identifying unfinished work in documents by searching for matches of first text within the documents with second text of the common and user-specific work indicators in the first and second databases;

creating a third database comprising the second text and pertinent sections of the documents,

wherein the creating comprises executing natural language processing of the first and second text to respectively associate the pertinent sections with the second text and to verifiably mark the pertinent sections as unfinished; and

updating the first and second databases based on results of the natural language processing,

wherein the common unfinished work indicators comprise multi-lingual acronyms and phrases, empty sections and separators, and

wherein the user-specific unfinished work indicators comprise user-added indicators, updateable collections of previously-used indicators and a measure of a finished appearance of a document.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the identifying of the unfinished work comprises initially searching for candidates of unfinished work.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the candidates of unfinished work comprise a captured common or user-specific unfinished work indicator and at least a surrounding phrase.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the pertinent sections are at least one of textually related to the second text and proximate to the second text.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the pertinent sections are verifiably marked as unfinished in an event the natural language processing dictates user intent to input an unfinished marking.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the natural language processing comprises analyzing common document language, previous documents, and statistical analysis.

16. The method according to claim 10, wherein the creating of the third database comprises identifying a user associated with the second text.

17. The method according to claim 10, further comprising displaying information of the third database to a user in an interactive, navigable graphical user interface (GUI).

18. A computer program product for operating a tool for document or design code completion, the computer program product comprising:

a processor; and

a storage element having executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the processor to execute a method comprising;

storing common and user-specific unfinished work indicators in first and second databases, respectively;

identifying unfinished work in documents by searching for matches of first text within the documents with second text of the common and user-specific work indicators in the first and second databases;

creating a third database comprising the second text and pertinent sections of the documents, wherein the creating comprises executing natural language processing of the first and second text to respectively associate the pertinent sections with the second text and to verifiably mark the pertinent sections as unfinished; and

updating the first and second databases based on results of the natural language processing,

wherein the common unfinished work indicators comprise multi-lingual acronyms and phrases, empty sections and separators, and

wherein the user-specific unfinished work indicators comprise user-added indicators, updateable collections of previously-used indicators and a measure of a finished appearance of a document.