Patent ID: 8005877

Claim:
A computer implemented method for mapping a document comprising: a. providing a database comprising: i. a plurality of document element classes; ii. at least one mapping symbol for each document element class, the at least one mapping symbol comprising at least one node structure and at least one branch structure extending from said node structure; and iii. a set of document elements for each document element class; b. displaying a mapping interface comprising a mapping area on a display of a computer system; c. obtaining an electronic document; d. identifying at least one of the document elements within the electronic document; e. for one or more of the document elements identified within the electronic document: i. classifying the respective identified document element into a document element class; ii. displaying the document mapping symbol associated with the classified document element class of the identified document element on the mapping area of the mapping interface; iii. displaying a document element from the classified document element class in the at least one node structure of the displayed mapping symbol; iv. identifying a document section within the electronic document that is associated with the respective identified document element; v. displaying the document section in the at least one branch structure of the displayed mapping symbol.