Patent ID: 8788523
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of classifying text in documents comprising: electronically receiving for storing in a memory a set of electronic documents each comprising electronic text; parsing by a processor in electrical communication with the memory the electronic text from each of the set of electronic documents in a plurality of phrases or clauses; associating each of the set of electronic documents with a transactional document type; associating at least a set of the plurality of phrases or clauses with a clause type classification, the clause type classification being associated with one or more transactional document type; and generating by the processor a reference set of clauses for each clause type classification and organizing the reference set of clauses into a clause index structure, whereby the reference set of clauses is subsequently used in processing user inputs, the processing user inputs comprising: receiving at a server a set of user input electronic text input by a user via a remote user device over a network; parsing by the server the set of user input electronic text to yield a set of user input phrases or clauses; comparing by the server the set of user input phrases or clauses to the reference set of clauses, the comparing the set of user input phrases or clauses including computing a set of similarity metrics; identifying a set of one or more match clauses from the reference set of clauses, the set of match clauses determined to be similar to one or more of the set of user input phrases or clauses based at least in part on the computed set of similarity metrics; and generating for output to the remote user device a signal representing the set of match clauses.