Patent Document ID: 20080229187
Application ID: 12011043
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method operable on a computer for processing a financially related document to identify, classify and index concepts contained therein, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving said financially related document as input; (b) identifying a format type of said financially related document; (c) identifying a plurality of structural identifiers within said financially related document, based on said identified format type; (d) identifying a plurality of structural zones within said financially related document, based on said identified plurality of structural identifiers; (e) identifying at least one logical component within each of said identified plurality of structural zones; (f) identifying at least one concept zone within each of said at least one identified logical component; (g) identifying at least one first level concept within each of said at least one identified concept zone; (h) identifying at least one sub-concept within in each of said at least one identified concept zone; and (i) indexing said at least one identified first level concept and said at least one identified sub-concept into a commercially usable index for use by users in navigating documents.