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Computer readable electronic records automated classification system
Assignee: Open Text Corp
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Filing: 2000-06-13
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Granted: 2003-04-22
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Expires: 2020-06-13
Abstract
Abstract Discloses a system for the automatic classification of electronic documents that are candidates to become an official record. A training data set of documents, each document having a pre-assigned records classification instance, is processed by a classification agent operating in training mode to establish a probabilistic relationship between each classification instance and the contents of a document. The training data set includes at least several documents per classification instance. A trained classification agent operating in evaluation or classification mode receives a candidate document and produces a result. A decision control table contains user specified contiguous result ranges to select one document processing action from a list of document processing actions based on the result produced by the trained classification agent. The list of document processing actions includes further automatic document processing to assign a classification or providing user input capability to enable human intervention and control to classify the candidate document and result in the candidate document being combined with appropriate metadata, and a file plan classification to become an official record.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas A. Summerlin
- 👤 Timothy Shinkle
- 👤 Russell E. Stalters
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 11:43
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/20; G06F16/28; G06F16/284; G06F16/285; G06F16/23; G06F16/30; G06F16/35; G06F16/353; G06F16/90; G06F16/93; G06F16/95; G06F16/951; G06F40/00; G06F40/30; G06N; G06N20/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99932; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99935; Y10S707/99936; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99942; Y10S707/99943; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A computer based system for automated classification of electronic document records comprising: (a) an electronic document server operably connected to at least one electronic document database and including means to store an electronic document and means to receive user control input; (b) a classification agent in communication with said electronic document server, said classification agent operable in a training mode and a classification mode and including: i. means to receive an electronic document; ii. means to receive a classification instance; and iii. output means to provide a result; (c) decision control means accommodating at least two processing actions selected from the following: i. assigning a classification instance to an electronic document; ii. listing a plurality of classification instances for an electronic document; iii. assigning a review classification instance to an electronic document; and iv. assigning a null classification instance to an electronic document; wherein each said processing action has a user configurable activation criteria responsive to said classification agent output means result such that at least two of said processing actions are activateably configured.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A computer based system for automated classification of electronic document records comprising: (a) an electronic document server operably connected to at least one electronic document database and including means to store an electronic document and means to receive user control input; (b) a classification agent in communication with said electronic document server, said classification agent operable in a training mode and a classification mode and including: i. means to receive an electronic document; ii. means to receive a classification instance; and iii. output means to provide a result; (c) decision control means accommodating at least two processing actions selected from the following: i. assigning a classification instance to an electronic document; ii. listing a plurality of classification instances for an electronic document; iii. assigning a review classification instance to an electronic document; and iv. assigning a null classification instance to an electronic document; wherein each said processing action has a user configurable activation criteria responsive to said classification agent output means result such that at least two of said processing actions are activateably configured.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the result of said classification output means comprises a number representative of a percentage.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 2 wherein each said user configurable activation criteria comprises a numeric range of potential result of said classification output means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 3 wherein each said user configurable activation criteria range is contiguous to another user configurable activation criteria range.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 1 further including a source of electronic records operably connected to said electronic document server.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
169 words
A computer based system for automated classification of electronic document records comprising: (a) an electronic document server operably connected to at least one electronic document database and including means to store an electronic document and means to receive user control input; (b) a source of electronic records operably connected to said electronic document server; (c) a classification agent in communication with said electronic document server, said classification agent operable in a training mode and a classification mode and including: i. means to receive an electronic document; ii. means to receive a classification instance; and iii. output means to provide a result; (d) decision control means accommodating at least two electronic document processes selected from the group comprising: i. means to assign a classification instance to an electronic document; ii. means to produce a list of at least two classification instances for an electronic document; iii. means to assign a review classification instance to an electronic document; and iv. means to assign a null classification instance to an electronic document.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
169 words
A computer based system for automated classification of electronic document records comprising: (a) an electronic document server operably connected to at least one electronic document database and including means to store an electronic document and means to receive user control input; (b) a source of electronic records operably connected to said electronic document server; (c) a classification agent in communication with said electronic document server, said classification agent operable in a training mode and a classification mode and including: i. means to receive an electronic document; ii. means to receive a classification instance; and iii. output means to provide a result; (d) decision control means accommodating at least two electronic document processes selected from the group comprising: i. means to assign a classification instance to an electronic document; ii. means to produce a list of at least two classification instances for an electronic document; iii. means to assign a review classification instance to an electronic document; and iv. means to assign a null classification instance to an electronic document.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 6 further including a user configurable activation criteria responsive to said classification agent output means result.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 6 wherein the result of said classification output means comprises a number representative of a percentage.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 8 wherein each said user configurable activation criteria comprises a numeric range of potential result of said classification output means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 9 wherein each said user configurable activation criteria range is contiguous to another user configurable activation criteria range.
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