Apex Standards Claim Construction


Patent: US9092428B1
Filed: 2011-12-09
Issued: 2015-07-28
Patent Holder: (Original Assignee) Guangsheng Zhang; Chizhong Zhang     (Current Assignee) LINFO IP LLC
Inventor(s): Guangsheng Zhang, Chizhong Zhang

Title: System, methods and user interface for discovering and presenting information in text content

Abstract: A system with methods and user interface for discovering and presenting information in text content with different view formats, including steps of identifying the grammatical, semantic, contextual, and topical attributes of the words or phrases in the text content, and providing user interface objects to allow the user to specify an attribute of the words or phrases in the content and perform an action on the words or phrases. The supported actions include extracting, displaying in a specific format, showing or hiding, or highlighting the words or phrases.

The First Claim: 1. A computer-assisted method for discovering information in a text content and extracting and presenting the information, comprising: obtaining, by a computer system, a text content comprising one or more words or phrases or sentences, each being a term or an instance of a term; selecting a first semantic attribute and a second semantic attribute for users to select from, wherein the first semantic attribute or the second semantic attribute includes an attribute type or attribute value; wherein the first semantic attribute is associated with a first name or description, and the second semantic attribute is associated with a second name or description; identifying a words or phrases in the text content associated with the first semantic attribute or the second semantic attribute; displaying an actionable user interface object, wherein the actionable user interface object is associated with a label representing the first name or description or the second name or description; allowing the user to select the first name or description or the second name or description as a user-specified or user-desired attribute; and performing, by the computer system, an action on the word or phrase associated with the user-specified or user-desired semantic attribute, wherein the action includes at least extracting, displaying, storing, showing or hiding, or highlighting or un-highlighting the word or phrase.


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Reference Claim Element / Subject Matter Feature Meaning Claim Construction & Interpretation
[1] 1 .

A computer [1]
computer [1] [Meaning 1] processor
[Meaning 2] user
[Meaning 3] machine
[Meaning 4] natural language
[Meaning 5] computing system
[Meaning 6] computerized computer
[Interpretation 1] method for discovering information in text content and extract and present the information in response to user input 1a computer
[Interpretation 2] machine assisted method for discovering information and extract and present the information in the text content claims claims 1a machine
[Interpretation 3] computer system configured to perform one or more of the following actions by performing an computer
[Interpretation 4] machine assisted method for discovering information in text content is the machine
[Interpretation 5] machine learning system for performing an automated or human computer
[Interpretation 6] computer system configured to perform at least one computer system
[2] - assisted (implemented, aided, implementation, controlled, based) method [2] method [2] [Meaning 1] technique
[Meaning 2] system
[Meaning 3] process
[Meaning 4] method of
[Meaning 5] search method
[Meaning 6] learning method
[Interpretation 1] search method for discovering information in text content and extract presenting the information and computer system for performing the method
[Interpretation 2] discovery and extraction system for discovering information in text content and extract presenting the information claims comprising performing an operation
[Interpretation 3] system for discovering information in text content and extract and present the information according to an embodiment of the invention
[Interpretation 4] search method for discovering information in text content comprising an interactive process
[Interpretation 5] method for discovering information in text content the computer assisted method is
[Interpretation 6] search and presentation method for use in an electronic device
[Interpretation 7] text content discovery and extraction method for providing user interfaces
[3] for discovering (identifying, analyzing, searching, processing, recognizing) information [3] information [3] [Meaning 1] content
[Meaning 2] concepts
[Meaning 3] attributes
[Meaning 4] meaningful information
[Meaning 5] relevant information
[Meaning 6] information contained
[Interpretation 1] information in an electronic document or an electronic document based on one or more semantic attributes associated with the information
[Interpretation 2] or extract information from text content comprising selecting one or more attributes for users to select from for identifying information
[Interpretation 3] or identifying information in text content by selecting one or more attributes associated with the information
[Interpretation 4] and selecting information associated with one or more words or phrases included
[Interpretation 5] semantic attributes and semantic attributes associated with words or phrases or sentences
[Interpretation 6] semantic attributes associated with one or more words or phrases
[4] in a text content [4] text content [4] [Meaning 1] corpus
[Meaning 2] document
[Meaning 3] content
[Meaning 4] text
[Meaning 5] digital document
[Meaning 6] computer system
[Interpretation 1] user interface of an electronic device by selecting one or more attributes associated with the information in the user interface
[Interpretation 2] text content by using an actionable user interface object to select from one or more attributes of the text content
[Interpretation 3] computer system by selecting one or more attributes from one or more attributes of the information
[Interpretation 4] content of text based on one or more semantic attributes associated with the content of text
[Interpretation 5] user interface of an electronic device or other computer readable medium device
[Interpretation 6] text content associated with one or more attributes of the text content
[Interpretation 7] content of text associated with one or more semantic attributes
[5] and extracting (storing, processing, identifying, analyzing, organizing) and presenting (displaying, analyzing, storing, processing, utilizing) the information [3] , comprising (includes, wherein, involving, comprises, including) : obtaining (receiving, analyzing, capturing, displaying, reading) , by a computer system [5] computer system [5] [Meaning 1] system
[Meaning 2] user
[Meaning 3] processor
[Meaning 4] computer
[Meaning 5] computing system
[Meaning 6] processing system
[Interpretation 1] processor of the computer system from at least one of the following sources or from one or more external sources
[Interpretation 2] processor of the computer system from one or more data sources connected to the computer system
[Interpretation 3] user of the computer system or another user of the computer system
[Interpretation 4] computing device or computer system from an electronic device or electronic system
[Interpretation 5] user interface of the computer system from an electronic device
[Interpretation 6] processor of the computer system or from an external source
[6] , a text content [4] comprising one or more words or phrases [6] phrases [6] [Meaning 1] phrase
[Meaning 2] strings
[Meaning 3] words
[Meaning 4] words phrases
[Meaning 5] phrases and
[Meaning 6] phrase sequences
[Interpretation 1] sentences in which the words or sentences are associated with one or more of the words
[Interpretation 2] phrase definitions and one or more words or phrases in paragraph text
[Interpretation 3] phrases in which the words or phrases include one or more words
[Interpretation 4] sentences from an electronic document or database storing one or more words
[Interpretation 5] sentences or an instance of one or more of words
[7] or sentences [7] sentences [7] [Meaning 1] attributes
[Meaning 2] phrases
[Meaning 3] both
[Meaning 4] combinations thereof
[Meaning 5] their variants
[Meaning 6] equivalent thereof
[Interpretation 1] text strings associated with one or more words or phrases
[Interpretation 2] one or more instances of one or more such terms
[8] , each being a term or an instance [8] instance [8] [Meaning 1] abbreviation
[Meaning 2] equivalent
[Meaning 3] example
[Meaning 4] expression
[Meaning 5] abbreviated form
[Meaning 6] alternative form
[Interpretation 1] element of the term or each being an element of the term or each being part
[Interpretation 2] object of the term or each being an object or an entity
[Interpretation 3] equivalent of the term or each being an abbreviation or an equivalent
[Interpretation 4] abbreviation of the term or each being an acronym or an abbreviation
[Interpretation 5] abbreviation of the term or an abbreviation of the form
[9] of a term ; selecting (determining, receiving, storing, providing, defining) a first semantic attribute [9] attribute [9] [Meaning 1] attributes
[Meaning 2] property
[Meaning 3] attribute from
[Meaning 4] for users attribute
[Meaning 5] attributes for storage
[Meaning 6] property for users from
[Interpretation 1] or user to select from the text content for users to select from the text content
[Interpretation 2] and second semantic attribute from the text content or from an ontology comprising the first semantic
[Interpretation 3] or user to select from the text content for the attribute selection
[Interpretation 4] property for the text content for users to select from the property
[Interpretation 5] attributes for users to select from the text content from
[10] and a second semantic attribute [9] for users to select (learn, benefit, derive, extract, specify) from , wherein the first semantic attribute [9] or the second semantic attribute [9] includes (have, indicates, comprises, represents, include) an attribute type [10] attribute type [10] [Meaning 1] attribute
[Meaning 2] entity
[Meaning 3] element
[Meaning 4] identifier
[Meaning 5] entity name
[Meaning 6] additional attribute
[Interpretation 1] element or attribute value or an instance of an element
[11] or attribute value [11] attribute value [11] [Meaning 1] value
[Meaning 2] type
[Meaning 3] description
[Meaning 4] category
[Meaning 5] property value
[Meaning 6] semantic meaning
[12] ; wherein the first semantic attribute [9] is associated (associates, linked, identified, assigned, coupled) with a first name or description [12] description [12] [Meaning 1] explanation
[Meaning 2] descriptions
[Meaning 3] first description
[Meaning 4] description for users
[Meaning 5] an associated description
[Meaning 6] name of the user
[Interpretation 1] descriptor or an attribute value associated with the first name or descriptor is an attribute type
[Interpretation 2] description of the first semantic attribute or second semantic attribute
[Interpretation 3] descriptor or an instance of the first name or description
[13] , and the second semantic attribute [9] is associated with a second name or description [12] ; identifying (discovering, obtaining, displaying, searching, locating) a words or phrases [6] in the text content [4] associated with the first semantic attribute [9] or the second semantic attribute [9] ; displaying (generating, providing, presenting, creating, identifying) an actionable user interface object [13] user interface object [13] [Meaning 1] interface
[Meaning 2] object
[Meaning 3] object interface
[Meaning 4] interface object
[Meaning 5] ui object for selection
[Meaning 6] interface object to the user
[Interpretation 1] ui object on the computer system in response to receiving user input
[Interpretation 2] user interface object in the text content associated with the semantic attribute
[Interpretation 3] computer interface object on the display of the computer system
[14] , wherein the actionable user interface object [13] is associated with a label representing (indicating, including, showing, having, containing) the first name or description [12] or the second name or description [12] ; allowing (enabling, prompting, inviting, allow, receiving) the user to select the first name or description [12] or the second name or description [12] as a user - specified (defined, intended, provided, requested, designated) or user - desired (defined, desires, preferred, intended, desirable) attribute [9] ; and performing (triggering, causing, determining, perform, executing) , by the computer system [5] , an action [14] action [14] [Meaning 1] actions
[Meaning 2] operation
[Meaning 3] actions based
[Meaning 4] actionable action
[Meaning 5] associated action
[Meaning 6] act that depends
[Interpretation 1] actionable action associated with the user specified or user selected semantic attribute or semantic attribute value
[Interpretation 2] associated action with the actionable user interface object in dependence
[Interpretation 3] actionable action associated with the actionable user interface object based
[15] on the word or phrase [15] phrase [15] [Meaning 1] string
[Meaning 2] term
[Meaning 3] phrases
[Meaning 4] word phrase
[Meaning 5] text phrase
[Meaning 6] phrase identified
[Interpretation 1] phrases in the text content or the word or phrase
[16] associated with the user - specified or user - desired semantic attribute [9] , wherein the action [14] includes at least extracting , displaying , storing (presenting, saving, modifying, hiding, recording) , showing (hiding, masking, removing, concealing, protecting) or hiding (sounding, printing, recording, hearing, announcing) , or highlighting (selecting, flagging, replacing, unmasking, lightening) or un-highlighting (highlighting, identifying, hiding, labeling, annotating) the word or phrase [15] .