Patent Document ID: 8769392
Application ID: 12787519

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented system in a client-server environment, for document research, aggregation, and compilation, the system comprising: a server computer including: a search module configured to generate a search interface displayable to a client communicably coupled to the server, and responsive to instructions received via the search interface, to search and sort selections of interest within a plurality of source documents; a customized report module configured to generate a custom report interface displayable to the client, and responsive to user selection instructions received via the custom report interface, to extract and aggregate the selections of interest into a customized report configured to simultaneously display a plurality of the selections of interest; a portable document module configured to enable source documents in the portable document format to be searched, sorted, and aggregated by the search module and customized report module; a presentation module configured to enable source documents in the presentation format to be searched, sorted, and aggregated by the search module and customized report module; a spread sheet module configured to enable source documents in the spread sheet format to be searched, sorted, and aggregated by the search module and customized report module; and a source document module which is separate from a customized report, configured to store and index a plurality of source documents in a plurality of native formats including text, portable document, presentation, and spread sheet, while maintaining the original native formats of the stored and indexed source documents; the source document module being configured to store each of the plurality of source documents in a plurality of sub-document portions populated to one or more tables; and a tool module configured to generate a tool interface displayable to the client, and responsive to instructions received from the client, link user comments to any of the sub-document portions; wherein the customized report module is configured to extract and aggregate the sub-document portions of the selections of interest, along with any of said linked user comments, into the customized report while maintaining the original native formats of the selections of interest.

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Claim 6:
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the source document module is configured to store source information for each of the plurality of sub-document portions.