Patent ID: 8572482
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of generating summary information for an electronic document for use by a mobile communication device, comprising: analyzing a content structure or content properties within an electronic document; generating document summary information which includes an assemblage of a plurality of summary entries selected from contents of the electronic document based on the analysis of the content structure or the content properties, wherein said content properties are selected from a group consisting of text formatting, paragraph alignments or indents, and paragraph sizes, and wherein if the electronic document has a predetermined content structure then using a structured document summarization process for selecting the plurality of summary entries from the electronic document based on the predetermined content structure, if the electronic document has no predetermined content structure but has differences in content formatting then using an unstructured document summarization process for selecting the plurality of summary entries from the electronic document based on the differences in the content formatting, and otherwise if the electronic document has no predetermined content structure and no differences in content formatting then using an unformatted document summarization process for selecting the plurality of summary entries from the electronic document based on differences in paragraph sizes; wherein the act of analyzing the content structure or the content properties comprises at least one of (i) identifying a plurality of spreadsheet worksheets in the electronic document, (ii) identifying a plurality of document pages in the electronic document, and providing the document summary information for a mobile communication device.