Patent Document ID: 8250118
Application ID: 13339861

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for indicating legal case histories, the method comprising the steps of: using a processor to identify occurrences of a piece of text having a predetermined format in a textual document; using a processor to determine a legal case history for at least one piece of formatted text in the textual document and storing it in a database; receiving a request from a client access device for a legal case history for a piece of formatted text in the textual document; using a processor to search the database based on the request and to retrieve the requested legal case history from the database; indicating the legal case history such that an indication is provided of a parent case and of at least one related case, the parent case having a visual connection to the related case.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the indicating step includes displaying the legal case history on an output device in a graphical flow-chart format, wherein the graphical flow-chart format includes a graphical representation of a parent case and a graphical representation of at least one related case, the graphical representation of the parent case being visually connected to the graphical representation of the related case by a visual indicator, the graphical representations of the parent case and at least one related case being positioned to illustrate the relationship between the cases.