Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
57 words
A meta-document (10) comprising an object conveying document
information (12), processing information (14), wherein the processing information
comprises information pertaining to processing of the meta-document, and metadata
(16) for indexing and retrieving the processing information (14), wherein each time the
meta-document is processed, processing information (14) pertaining thereto and
associated metadata (16) is stored on the meta-document.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
A meta-document according to claim 1, wherein processing information
comprises each and any of the following: information pertaining to transformation of the document information; a user comment to the document information; and information pertaining to distribution of the meta-document.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A meta document according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a tool,
responsive to a processing of the meta-document, for generating and storing processing
information and associated metadata on the meta-document.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
89 words
A method of managing a meta-document comprising: creating a meta-document, wherein the meta-document comprises a
object conveying document information, processing information pertaining to
processing of the meta-document, and metadata for indexing and retrieving the
processing information; processing the meta-document comprising generating and storing on the
meta-document processing information pertaining thereto and associated
metadata; transmitting the meta-document to a source; parsing the meta-document for extracting stored processing information
and metadata; and wherein each time the meta-document is processed, processing
information pertaining thereto and associated metadata is stored on the meta-document.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 4, wherein the meta-document and/or the source
each further comprises a tool, responsive to a processing of the meta-document, for
generating and storing processing information and associated metadata on the meta-document,
wherein the parsing step is performed by the tool.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the meta document and/or the source
each further comprises a second tool for parsing and extracting selected processing
information stored on the meta document, and further comprising the step of: parsing the meta document for extracting the selected processing
information and associated metadata; and distributing the extracted selected processing information to the source.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
116 words
A system for managing document information comprising a meta-document
(20) and a plurality of sources (30, 32, 34), each source located at a different
location, wherein the meta-document (20) comprises an object conveying
document information (25), processing information (21), comprising
information pertaining to processing of the meta-document (20), and metadata
(24) for indexing and retrieving the processing information (21), wherein each
time the meta-document (20) is processed, processing information (21)
pertaining thereto and associated metadata (24) is stored on the meta-document
(20); and wherein each time the meta-document (20) is received by a source (30,
32, 34), processing information (21) and its associated metadata (24) is parsed
and extracted from the meta-document (20) at the source.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 7, wherein processing information comprises each
and any of the following: information pertaining to transformation of the document information; user comment to the document information; and information pertaining to distribution of the meta document.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 7 or 8, wherein the meta-document and/or the
source each further comprises a tool, responsive to a processing of the meta document,
for generating and storing processing information and associated metadata on the meta-document.