Patents Assigned to LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
  • Patent number: 9953062
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing for display hierarchical views of content organization nodes associated with captured content and for determining organizational identifiers for captured content are disclosed. A method includes providing a hierarchical taxonomy including a plurality of nodes. The method further includes receiving a plurality of captured content items. The method further includes associating a plurality of content organization nodes from the plurality of nodes with the plurality of captured content items. Each of the plurality of captured content items is associated with at least one of the plurality of content organization nodes. The method further includes providing for display a hierarchical view including the plurality of content organization nodes. The hierarchical view includes, for each of the plurality of content organization nodes, a graphical representation that the content organization node is associated with at least one of the plurality of captured content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Philip Wittmer, Michael Sluterbeck, Jacob Aaron Myers
  • Patent number: 9946700
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing for display a map that graphically represents the association among documents are disclosed. A method for providing for display a map that graphically represents the association between a first document and a second document that analyzes the first document includes receiving, at a computer, a request to generate the map. The method further includes retrieving, from a database, analysis information related to the way in which the second document analyzed the first document, in response to the received request. The method further includes providing for display the map. The map includes a first node, a second node, and a connector. The first node corresponds to the first document. The second node corresponds to the second document. The connector graphically links the first node and the second node. The second node includes a graphical representation of the analysis information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.
    Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Thomas J. Goedde, Jacob Aaron Myers, Mark E. Neumeier
  • Patent number: 9940389
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating issue networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method of generating an issue network from a document corpus includes searching, using a computer, the document corpus for a set of documents discussing a starting issue, wherein the starting issue is one of a plurality of normalized issues defined by the document corpus. The method further includes determining a set of normalized issues discussed by the set of documents discussing the starting issue, wherein the set of normalized issues also includes the starting issue, and determining instances of co-occurrences of individual normalized issues of the set of normalized issues within individual cases of the set of documents. The method also includes linking individual normalized issues of the set of normalized issues based on their co-occurrences within the set of documents, wherein the linked individual normalized issues at least in part define the issue network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: LexisNexis, A Division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Zhang, Sanjay Sharma, Mark Wasson, Harry R. Silver, David Steiner
  • Patent number: 9940387
    Abstract: Methods and computer program products for generating a search query are provided. A method includes receiving a first string of characters inputted into a text input field of a graphical user interface, wherein the first string of characters represents a first portion of the search query. One or more query suggestions based on the first string of characters are displayed within the graphical user interface. The method further includes receiving a selected first query suggestion and displaying it in a first query segment within the text input field. A second string of characters inputted into the text input field of the graphical user interface may also be received. One or more second query suggestions based on the second string of characters may be displayed. A selected second query suggestion may be received from the one or more second query suggestions and then displayed in a second query segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Holt, Craig Woollard
  • Patent number: 9836460
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed that analyze patent-related documents having at least one property type. In one implementation, a method involves displaying, in a first graphical element, identifiers of the patent-related documents. The method also involves analyzing the patent-related documents to determine at least one property value for the property type. The property value includes a string of one or more words describing subject matter associated with the patent-related documents and occurring in a subset of the patent-related documents. The method also displays a second graphical element associated with the property type. The second graphical element includes the property value. The method receives, at the second graphical element, a user selection of the property value. The method displays, in the first graphical element, identifiers of the subset of the patent-related documents in which the property value occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Elias, Matthew C. Morrise
  • Patent number: 9805429
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing documents. In one implementation, a computer implemented method is provided for analyzing a patent application and providing a visual representation. According to the method, a selection is received from a user to view claims of the patent application in a claim tree hierarchy and a computer displays the claims in the claim tree hierarchy on a display. The claim tree hierarchy visually depicts relationships between the claims. The method identifies one or more words of at least one of the claims that constitutes an element and displays, in the claim tree hierarchy, the words constituting the element in association with the claim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Brian K. Elias, Matthew C. Morrise, Om Chauhan, Ningjun Wang
  • Publication number: 20170293622
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, a search query including a plurality of search terms, grouping, by the processing device, the search terms into a plurality of units, where each unit includes a related one or more of the search terms, accessing, by the processing device, metadata for each document in a plurality of search results that corresponds to the search query, annotating, by the processing device, one or more locations in each document with a first indicator for each of the search terms in a first unit and a second indicator for each of the search terms in a second unit based on the metadata, and displaying, by the processing device, a visualizable results list comprising the search results with the first indicator and the second indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
  • Publication number: 20170293685
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a visualizable results list in response to an electronic search request are disclosed. A method includes accessing metadata for each of a plurality of search results that result from a search query, annotating one or more locations in each search result with first and second indicators for each of one or more grouped search terms in first and second units based on the metadata, and displaying a visualizable results list that includes the plurality of search results and a corresponding hit pattern for each search result. The hit pattern includes the first indicator and the second indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Todd J. Frascone, Gaurav Mehra, Ronald C. Haines, Philip Wittmer, Yangguang Li
  • Patent number: 9779130
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a set of methods, systems, data structures, and computer-executable instructions for executing on a compute machine to automatically analyze data associated with an indexed corpora and to generate for graphical display a set of results associated with those analytic operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Dihan Marie Rosenburg, Scott Edward Meiser, Susan Marie Slisz, Daren William Keenan, Raymond A. Daley, Michael Ronald Sluterbeck, Saravanan Chidambaram, Mina Tonsaly, David L. Schmeer, John Scott Attenborough, Sanjay Sharma, James Antony Ritchie
  • Publication number: 20170235799
    Abstract: Systems and methods for searching databases using graphical user interfaces that include concept stacks are disclosed. A method includes providing for display graphical user interface comprising a query building canvas. The graphical user interface includes concept stacks that include stacked concept nodes associated with query terms that are joined with Boolean ORs. The concept stacks are connected by a conjunctive proximity connector that joins the query expressions associated with each concept stack. The graphical user interface includes a connector node that includes a graphical indication of the conjunctive proximity connector. The method further includes generating a search query to include query expressions associated with the concept stacks that are connected by the conjunctive proximity connector. The method further includes searching the database using the search query to identify the result set of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Gaurav Mehra, Todd J. Frascone, Jordan Jalles
  • Patent number: 9734241
    Abstract: Computerized method for aggregating relevant information from court records and presenting such information in electronic reports including tables and charts. There are five types of reports that focus on cases filed by Litigant, Attorney or Law Firm, Judge, Court, and Nature of Suit. A History option also is provided, in which are grouped all reports previously run by the user in one table. The user inputs a time frame and identifies specific reporting entities. The process accepts these inputs and constructs a list of cases that meet the specified criteria. The information in the list is presented to the user as a multi-part report containing tables and charts of aggregate information of particular interest to the user. Most report sections allow for “drilldowns” that bring additional specific focus to the reports. The reports are also configurable in a variety of ways including selecting graph types and section inclusion/exclusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Marc B. Slovak, Kevin R. Stehr
  • Patent number: 9721006
    Abstract: Systems and methods for searching a document corpus and generating search queries are disclosed. A method includes providing for display a graphical user interface having two or more sections, and providing for generation of an initial search query based on locations of query terms entered into the graphical user interface. Sections of the graphical user interface indicate a query status. A revised search query based on a location of the query terms within the graphical user interface is generated following the manipulation of one or more of the query terms. Movement of a selected query term from a first section to a second section of the graphical user interface changes the query status of the selected query term from a first query status to a second query status. A search of the database is performed using the revised search query to return an updated set of electronic documents for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Philip L. Wittmer, Peter J. Vanderheyden, Stuart A. McLean
  • Publication number: 20170177679
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying estimated relevance indicators for result sets of documents and for displaying query visualizations are disclosed. A method includes receiving a search query including a plurality of query terms. The method further includes searching a database using the search query to identify the result set of documents and calculating an estimated relevance score for the result set of documents. The estimated relevance score is indicative of a degree to which the result set of documents are relevant to the search query. The method further includes providing for display the estimated relevance indicator based on the estimated relevance score. The estimated relevance indicator provides a visual indication of the degree to which the result set of documents are relevant to the search query. Query visualizations including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of connectors are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Travis Shane Ritchie, Todd J. Frascone
  • Patent number: 9652746
    Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering an entity report associated with an attendee of a calendared event are disclosed. A method for delivering an entity report associated with an attendee of a calendared event includes determining, by a computer, an entity associated with the attendee of the calendared event. The method further includes retrieving, by the computer, entity data based on the determined entity and generating the entity report. The entity report includes the retrieved entity data. The method further includes delivering the generated report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Stowe
  • Patent number: 9626455
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying estimated relevance indicators for result sets of documents and for displaying query visualizations are disclosed. A method includes receiving a search query including a plurality of query terms. The method further includes searching a database using the search query to identify the result set of documents and calculating an estimated relevance score for the result set of documents. The estimated relevance score is indicative of a degree to which the result set of documents are relevant to the search query. The method further includes providing for display the estimated relevance indicator based on the estimated relevance score. The estimated relevance indicator provides a visual indication of the degree to which the result set of documents are relevant to the search query. Query visualizations including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of connectors are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Travis Shane Ritchie, Todd J. Frascone
  • Publication number: 20170060991
    Abstract: Systems and method for generating concepts from a document corpus are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for generating concepts from a document includes retrieving, a plurality of terms stored within a first lexicon. The method further includes, for individual terms stored within the first lexicon: determining a first frequency of the term within the document corpus, and determining a second frequency of the term within a comparison document corpus including a plurality of comparison documents, wherein the comparison document corpus is different from the document corpus. The method further includes, for individual terms within the first lexicon: determining a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency, comparing the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency to a comparison metric, and, when the difference between the first frequency and the second frequency satisfies the comparison metric, storing the term as a concept within a second lexicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Zhang, Sanjay Sharma, David Steiner, Mark David Wasson, Harry R. Silver, Robin Warling
  • Patent number: 9582575
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for linking items into common matters. Some embodiments of the systems and/or methods may retrieve an electronic document from a source, determine whether the electronic document is associated with a predetermined first matter, and in response to determining that the electronic document is associated with the predetermined first matter, link the electronic document to the predetermined first matter. Similarly, in some embodiments, the systems and methods may further create a second matter and may link the electronic document to the second matter, such that accessing the electronic document can provide other documents linked to the second matter, receive a request for the electronic document, and in response to receiving the request for the electronic document, provide a user option to provide access to the other documents linked to the predetermined first matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Freisthler, Martin R. Kilmer, Mark David Wasson, E. Scott Wetzel
  • Patent number: 9558361
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to role-based authorization systems which allow customization of role templates as well as the ability, using roles, for one user to act on behalf of another user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.
    Inventors: Don Paul Steiner, Bruce Daniel Maxfield, William Donald Kilgallon
  • Patent number: 9501560
    Abstract: The systems and methods described herein generally relate to increasing user productivity in reviewing query results by visually depicting the presence/absence of a set of query terms in a set of paragraphs across a set of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.
    Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Christopher Scott Basham, Jacob Aaron Myers, Sanjay Sharma
  • Publication number: 20160283726
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to role-based authorization systems which allow customization of role templates as well as the ability, using roles, for one user to act on behalf of another user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
    Inventors: Don Paul Steiner, Bruce Daniel Maxfield, William Donald Kilgallon