Patent Document ID: 8356243
Application ID: 13101688

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for processing input text, the method comprising acts of: locating, within the input text, at least one portion of text corresponding to at least one section heading of a plurality of section headings associated with a report template; causing a display device to visually display at least one indicator for the at least one section heading to indicate that the at least one portion of text corresponding to the at least one section heading has been located in the input text; and using a computer to automatically generate a structured report according to the report template, the structured report having a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections comprising at least one section corresponding to the at least one section heading, the at least one section being populated with the at least one portion of text corresponding to the at least one section heading, wherein the act of causing the display device to visually display at least one indicator comprises causing the display device to display an indicator separate from the structured report.

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Claim 2:
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein: the at least one section heading comprises a first section heading and a second section heading; the at least one portion of text comprises a first portion of text corresponding to the first section heading and a second portion of text corresponding to the second section heading; and the act of using a computer to automatically generate the structured report comprises generating the structured report so that the at least one section comprises a first section that corresponds to the first section heading and is populated with the first portion of text and a second section that corresponds to the second section heading and is populated with the second portion of text.