Patent ID: 6651218
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for manipulating and managing a plurality of documents structured in various communication formats and having diverse genres, comprising:receiving a plurality of input documents having various input genres, wherein each of said plurality of input documents includes various types of content; analyzing said plurality of input documents, wherein significant information contained within each of said plurality of input documents is identified, comprising: identifying the genre of each of said plurality of input documents; providing guidance in the form of a set of specifications for all expected said input genres, wherein said guidance represents the social context of each of said expected input genres; considering the genre of each of said plurality of input documents; and considering stored information concerning the characteristics of each of said plurality of input documents and the relationship of said input documents to a specified output genre; isolating significant data items within each of said plurality of input documents; extracting significant data items from each of said plurality of input documents; storing said significant data items in a distributed genre document, wherein said distributed genre document comprises a unified computational representation comprising: identified data items from said plurality of input documents; a specification of input genres; a specification of output genres; mapping of data items between said input genres and said output genres; explication of social context, wherein said social context is specific to the user; and at least one computational engine.