Patent ID: 8712934
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F,G06N,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically training and operating an electronic document sorter with a computing system comprising: a) processing a first set of reference electronic documents containing content associated with a first reference story concerning one or more topics and associated events using the computing system; b) processing said first set of set of electronic documents for said first reference story to identify a set of events, including identifying from temporal components a temporal relationship of a first event of said first reference story relative in time to a separate second event of said first reference story identified in said set of events; wherein said set of events and temporal components are derived using natural language processing and using content other than but not excluding date/time data specified for said first reference story; c) training an automated document classifier using said temporal components and said set of events for said first reference story; d) operating said automated document classifier to process a second unclassified document containing content for an unclassified story and so as to detect a third event identified for said one or more topics within such unclassified document; wherein the automated document classifier is adapted by such training to classify temporal components of said second unclassified electronic document so as to order said third event identified for said one or more topics in said unclassified story in time relative to said first event and/or said second event.