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System and method of dynamically generating an electronic document based upon data analysis
Assignee: CROSSBOW VENTURE PARTNERS LP
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Filing: 1999-12-08
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Granted: 2003-11-25
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Expires: 2019-12-08
Abstract
Abstract A system and method of generating index information for electronic documents. The system includes a client, one or more information retrieval (IR) engines, such as a search engine, which are each in communication with each other via a network. In one embodiment of the invention, the server maintains a plurality or data objects that are protected by digital rights management (DRM) software. Upon receiving a network request from one of the IR systems, the server dynamically generates an electronic document that provides index information that is associated with one of the data objects. In one embodiment of the invention, the server dynamically generates the contents of the electronic document based upon the indexing characteristics of the IR system. Furthermore, upon receiving a network request from one of the client, the server determines whether the client is authorized to access the data object that is associated with the network request. If the client is authorized to access the data object, the server transmits the data object to the user. Alternatively, if the client is not authorized to access the data object, the server dynamically prepares instructions to the client, the instructions describing additional steps the user at the client may perform to get authorized to access the data object.
Inventors
- 👤 Christopher L. Knauft
- 👤 Martin Franklin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:57
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F21/00; G06F21/10; G06F16/00; G06F16/30; G06F16/31; G06F16/313; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99942; Y10S707/99943
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for the data object, wherein the index information includes a set of one or more keywords; selecting one or more of the keywords from the index information; identifying one or more words that are associated with the selected keywords; and adding the identified words to the set of keywords, the identified words providing additional keywords for the index information for the data object.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
79 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for the data object, wherein the index information includes a set of one or more keywords; selecting one or more of the keywords from the index information; identifying one or more words that are associated with the selected keywords; and adding the identified words to the set of keywords, the identified words providing additional keywords for the index information for the data object.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the one or more words that are associated with the selected keywords comprises using a thesaurus to identify one or more words that are related to the selected keywords.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the one or more words that are associated with the selected keywords comprises using a semantic network to identify one or more words that are related to the selected keywords.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 , additionally comprising obfuscating at least a portion of the index information so that the intelligibility of the contents of the index information is reduced.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic document is dynamically generated in response to a request for the network resource that is maintained by a server computer.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
48 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for the data object; identifying one or more words that are common to a group of data objects that includes the data object; and adding the identified words to the index information.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
48 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for the data object; identifying one or more words that are common to a group of data objects that includes the data object; and adding the identified words to the index information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 6 , additionally comprising obfuscating at least a portion of the index information so that the intelligibility of the contents of the index information is reduced.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 6 , wherein the index information is dynamically generated in response to a request for an electronic resource that is maintained by a server computer.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
45 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for the data object, wherein the index information includes a set of one or more keywords; identifying the roots of selected keywords; substituting the selected keywords with the roots.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
45 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for the data object, wherein the index information includes a set of one or more keywords; identifying the roots of selected keywords; substituting the selected keywords with the roots.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 9 , additionally comprising obfuscating at least a portion of the index information so that the intelligibility of the contents of the index information is reduced.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 9 , wherein the roots are automatically inserted into the index information upon a request for an electronic resource which is maintained by a server computer.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
69 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for the data object, wherein the index information includes a set of one or more keywords; classifying one or more of the keywords into one or more classifications; selecting at least one of the classifications; and removing one or more of the keywords that are members of a selected classification of the keywords.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
69 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for the data object, wherein the index information includes a set of one or more keywords; classifying one or more of the keywords into one or more classifications; selecting at least one of the classifications; and removing one or more of the keywords that are members of a selected classification of the keywords.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein classifying the one or more keywords comprises identifying whether a respective keyword is an adjective.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for a data object, wherein the index information comprises one or more keywords; selecting one or more of the keywords; identifying one or more keywords that are associated with the selected keywords with a semantic network; and adding the identified keywords to the index information.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of generating index information for a data object, the method comprising: generating index information for a data object, wherein the index information comprises one or more keywords; selecting one or more of the keywords; identifying one or more keywords that are associated with the selected keywords with a semantic network; and adding the identified keywords to the index information.
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