Patent ID: 7444589

Claim:
An automated patent office documentation system comprising: a processor; and a memory component, the memory component storing: patent analysis logic to analyze electronic content, associated patent support data relating to the electronic content, and reference materials, to identify at least one reference to external information, wherein analyzing the electronic content includes determining an identifying characteristic of the referenced external information and at least one desired excerpt in the external information; search logic to utilize the identifying characteristic to find the at least one reference to external information; link analysis logic to analyze a first proximity of the external information to determine a potentially relevant portion of the external content for the at least one desired excerpt of the external information, the link analysis logic further operable to determine a confidence level that the potentially relevant portion is a relevant portion, the link analysis logic further to, in response to determining that confidence level is below a predetermined threshold, reanalyze the external information with a second proximity, the link analysis logic further to create at least one electronic association corresponding to the determined relevant portion; and insertion logic to insert the at least one electronic association into the electronic content, wherein selection of the at least one electronic association facilitates a triggering action resulting in providing a display of the desired excerpt in the referenced external information.