Patent ID: 8452791

Claim:
A machine-implemented method comprising: receiving, at the machine, description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, a visual presentation of the preexisting structured presentation visually presenting information in a systematic arrangement that conforms with a structured design, the preexisting structured presentation characterizing attributes of a particular instance by virtue of an arrangement of an identifier of the particular instance and values that characterize the attributes of the particular instance in the visual presentation of the preexisting structured presentation; comparing, by the machine, textual characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with textual content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new instance that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation; adding, by the machine, an identifier of the new instance to the preexisting structured presentation to form an expanded structured presentation, wherein adding the identifier of the new instance comprises formulating a collection of instance suggestions, wherein formulating the collection of instance suggestions comprises identifying a first document in the electronic document collection that includes an identifier of an instance identified in the preexisting structured presentation and that is arranged in accordance with a template, identifying a second document that is arranged in accordance with the template but relevant to a second instance, and including the second instance in the instance suggestion collection; and outputting, from the machine, instructions for presenting the expanded structured presentation on a display device.