Method and system for linking documents with multiple topics to related documents
First Claim
1. A system for linking documents with multiple topics to related documents, comprising:
- fabrication means for pre-establishing candidate target document links within a document for discrete topics that represent related documents that are relevant to at least one topical abstract within the document; and
analysis means for analyzing a search request, the candidate target document links, and available seminal documents during a retrieval of a document retrieved by a searcher via a search request to dynamically select the candidate target document links that are relevant to the discrete topic of interest to the searcher who retrieved the retrieved document.
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Abstract
A method and system for linking documents with multiple topics to related documents employs two distinct processes: a fabrication process to pre-establish candidate target document links within a case law or other document for discrete topics, for example, points of law and landmark cases, that represent related documents that are relevant to one or more headnotes within the case law document; and an on-line process to analyze the search request, the candidate links, and available landmark cases during a retrieval of a document to dynamically select the candidate target document links that are relevant to the point of law of interest to a searcher who retrieved the case law document via a search request.
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1. A system for linking documents with multiple topics to related documents, comprising:
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fabrication means for pre-establishing candidate target document links within a document for discrete topics that represent related documents that are relevant to at least one topical abstract within the document; and
analysis means for analyzing a search request, the candidate target document links, and available seminal documents during a retrieval of a document retrieved by a searcher via a search request to dynamically select the candidate target document links that are relevant to the discrete topic of interest to the searcher who retrieved the retrieved document. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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2. A method for linking documents with multiple topics to related documents, comprising the steps of:
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pre-establishing candidate target document links within a document for discrete topics that represent related documents that are relevant to at least one topical abstract within the document; and
analyzing a search request, the candidate target document links, and available seminal documents during a retrieval of a document retrieved by a searcher via a search request to dynamically select the candidate target document links that are relevant to the discrete topic of interest to the searcher who retrieved the retrieved document.
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3. A method for linking material with multiple topics to related documents, comprising the steps of:
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searching in a seed source for seed documents having at least one seed topic but lacking target document links;
storing the seed documents in a text retrieval system from which the seed documents are retrievable via at least one of syntax and natural language searches;
in response to a search request relating to a specific seed topic, returning and retrieving documents containing at least one occurrence of the specific seed topic;
extracting the at least one occurrence of the specific seed topic to extract at least one specific XML element;
queuing the returned and retrieved documents for processing of the at least one occurrence of the specific seed topic in each of the for target document link fabrication processing;
retrieving the target source list for each seed document based upon its seed source; and
processing each seed topic within each seed document to construct a target document link for each seed topic. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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