Method for editing and enhancing readability of authored documents
First Claim
1. A method for editing and enhancing readability of authored documents, the method comprising:
- A stage 1, stage 1 comprising;
Searching for occurrences of first signs, the first signs selected from a list comprising “
it,”
“
there,”
“
in,”
“
of,”
“
as,”
“
or,”
“
that,” and
the punctuation marks “
.” and
“
;
”
;
Removing phrases matching any entry on a list of commonly used unnecessary phrases that begin with or contain “
it,”
“
there,”
“
in,”
“
of,”
“
as,”
“
or,”
or “
that.”
;
Replacing common cliches and redundancies with equivalents as found in list;
Replacing common lengthy construction with equivalents as found in list;
and Searching for common redundant pairs as found in list and eliminating a first word of the pair;
A stage 2, stage 2 comprising;
Searching for occurrence of second signs, the second signs selected from a list comprising “
am,”
“
is,”
“
was,”
“
were,”
“
are,”
“
been,” and
“
be”
;
Replacing phrases matching any entry on a list of commonly used unnecessary phrases that contain “
of”
;
Replacing nominalizations with equivalents as found in a list; and
Replacing passive voice construction with equivalents as found in a list;
Replacing common weak construction with equivalents as found in list;
A stage 3, stage 3 comprising;
Searching for remaining prepositions and making substitution according to list; and
A stage 4, stage 4 comprising;
Searching for pairs of commas separated by more than three words;
Searching for the same or synonymous nouns and verbs appearing more than once;
Searching for more than one negated verb in a sentence; and
Search for word “
any”
following a negated verb.
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A method for editing and enhancing readability of authored documents is presented. The method comprises a stage 1, stage 2, stage 3, and stage 4. Stage 1 includes searching for occurrences of first signs, the first signs selected from a list comprising “it,” “there,” “in,” “of,” “as,” “or,” “that,” and the punctuation marks “.” and “;”; removing phrases matching any entry on a list of commonly used unnecessary phrases that begin with or contain “it,” “there,” “in,” “of,” “as,” “or,” or “that.”; replacing common cliches and redundancies with equivalents as found in list; replacing common lengthy construction with equivalents as found in list; and searching for common redundant pairs as found in list and eliminating a first word of the pair.
Stage 2, includes searching for occurrence of second signs, the second signs selected from a list comprising “am,” “is,” “was,” “were,” “are,” “been,” and “be”; replacing phrases matching any entry on a list of commonly used unnecessary phrases that contain “of”; replacing nominalizations with equivalents as found in a list; and replacing passive voice construction with equivalents as found in a list; and replacing common weak construction with equivalents as found in list.
Stage 3 includes searching for remaining prepositions and making substitution according to list.
Stage 4 includes searching for pairs of commas separated by more than three words; searching for the same or synonymous nouns and verbs appearing more than once; searching for more than one negated verb in a sentence; and search for word “any” following a negated verb.
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1 Claim
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1. A method for editing and enhancing readability of authored documents, the method comprising:
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A stage 1, stage 1 comprising;
Searching for occurrences of first signs, the first signs selected from a list comprising “
it,”
“
there,”
“
in,”
“
of,”
“
as,”
“
or,”
“
that,” and
the punctuation marks “
.” and
“
;
”
;
Removing phrases matching any entry on a list of commonly used unnecessary phrases that begin with or contain “
it,”
“
there,”
“
in,”
“
of,”
“
as,”
“
or,”
or “
that.”
;
Replacing common cliches and redundancies with equivalents as found in list;
Replacing common lengthy construction with equivalents as found in list;
and Searching for common redundant pairs as found in list and eliminating a first word of the pair;
A stage 2, stage 2 comprising;
Searching for occurrence of second signs, the second signs selected from a list comprising “
am,”
“
is,”
“
was,”
“
were,”
“
are,”
“
been,” and
“
be”
;
Replacing phrases matching any entry on a list of commonly used unnecessary phrases that contain “
of”
;
Replacing nominalizations with equivalents as found in a list; and
Replacing passive voice construction with equivalents as found in a list;
Replacing common weak construction with equivalents as found in list;
A stage 3, stage 3 comprising;
Searching for remaining prepositions and making substitution according to list; and
A stage 4, stage 4 comprising;
Searching for pairs of commas separated by more than three words;
Searching for the same or synonymous nouns and verbs appearing more than once;
Searching for more than one negated verb in a sentence; and
Search for word “
any”
following a negated verb.
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Specification
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Current AssigneeGary Kinder
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Original AssigneeGary Kinder
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InventorsKinder, Gary
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Granted Patent
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Time in Patent OfficeDays
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Field of Search
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US Class Current704/4
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CPC Class CodesG06F 40/20 Natural language analysis s...G06F 40/253 Grammatical analysis; Style...G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual enti...
