Patent Document ID: 5392428
Application ID: 08217136

Base Claim:
1. A computer-based information analysis system for creating a representation of at least a portion of at least one of first and second predetermined bodies of text, the representation comprising records which correspond to text segments each of which have a length determined by the system user, the system comprising: a) input means for entering data, the input means comprising topic input means for inputting a set of user-defined topics; b) organization means for structuring the representation, the organization means comprising: i) record division means for creating at least one of first and second sets of records, wherein each set of records corresponds to a particular body of text and wherein each record comprises data which characterizes a particular text segment chosen by a system user, the record division means comprising demarcation indicia means for entering demarcation indicia representing the user selected length of each record; ii) one-to-one association organizing means comprising demarcation indicia association means for establishing a one-to-one association between a predetermined record and the corresponding demarcation indicia for indicating the length of the record; and iii) one-to-many association organizing means comprising topic organizing means for establishing a user-designated one-to-many association between at least one user-defined topic and at least one of the records; and c) output means for generating a report.

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Claim 12:
12. The system of claim 1 wherein: a) the input means further comprises item-identifier input means for inputting at least one of first and second sets of item-identifiers corresponding to items comprehended by the text; b) the one-to-many association organizing means further comprises item-identifier association means for establishing a one-to-many association between each item-identifier and the corresponding records which comprehend a reference to the respective item; and (c) the output means further comprises record retrieval means for retrieving one or more records according to one or more of the item identifiers corresponding to items comprehended by the text, and associated with at least one of the records.