Patent ID: 8046364
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying a term as unnumbered within a patent disclosure, comprising the steps of: tokenizing the patent disclosure to form a tokenized patent disclosure comprising a plurality of tokens; identifying a pattern of tokens comprising a first token immediately followed by a second token, wherein the second token is a numeric token or an alphanumeric token; comparing the first token to a predetermined list of ignorable tokens; discarding first tokens that are in the list of ignorable tokens; making a term dictionary, wherein the term dictionary contains a list of terms, each term comprising a non-discarded first token, and the term dictionary further contains the associated reference label for each term, the associated reference label comprising the second token immediately following the non-discarded first token; identifying a token type associated with each token within the tokenized patent disclosure; identifying a token sequence within the tokenized patent disclosure; comparing the token sequence to determine if the token types of each token within the token sequence matches a predetermined pattern of token types; searching the term dictionary to determine if the term is in the term dictionary; and indicating the term as an unnumbered term if the term is not in the term dictionary, and the token sequence matches a predetermined pattern; wherein each of the steps is performed on a computer comprising a microprocessor and non-transitory storage.