Patents Assigned to LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
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Publication number: 20160267613Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Brian K. Elias, Matthew C. Morrise, Om Chauhan, Ningjun Wang
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Publication number: 20160217208Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Paul Zhang, Sanjay Sharma, Mark Wasson, Harry R. Silver, David Steiner
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Patent number: 9390276Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Don Paul Steiner, Bruce Daniel Maxfield, William Donald Kilgallon
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Publication number: 20160149862Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting private data behind a privacy firewall are disclosed. A system for implementing a privacy firewall to determine and provide non-private information from private electronic data includes a data storage repository, a processing device, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium. The storage medium includes programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to analyze a corpus of private electronic data to identify a first one or more portions of the data having non-private information and a second one or more portions of the data having private information, tag the first one or more portions of the data as allowed for use, determine whether the second one or more portions of the data includes non-private elements, and if the second one or more portions of the data comprises non-private elements, extract the non-private elements and tag the non-private elements as information allowed for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventor: William Kilgallon
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Publication number: 20160140210Abstract: Systems and methods to identify potential material fact sentences in electronic legal documents obtained from electronic repositories are disclosed. A system includes a processing device and a storage medium in communication with the processing device. The storage medium includes programming instructions that cause the processing device to obtain a document and parse text within the document to determine whether each paragraph in the document is a fact paragraph, a discussion paragraph, or an outcome paragraph based on at least one of a heading associated with the paragraph and features of the paragraph. The storage medium further includes programming instructions that cause the processing device to extract each sentence in the fact paragraph, direct a trained sentence classifier to determine whether each sentence is a potential material fact sentence or a non-material fact sentence based on features of the sentence, and identify potential material fact sentences.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Mahesh Pendyala, Gene Osgood, Jacob Aaron Myers
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Publication number: 20160132537Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for generating a normalized schema comparison file are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a processing device, an extensible markup language (XML) schema for an XML document. The XML schema includes a content model and one or more internal schema structures and the content model is a specification of one or more XML elements and XML attributes allowed within a conformant XML instance file.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.Inventors: Steve Batides, Joy Luckabaugh, Maan Khamis
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Publication number: 20160132479Abstract: A computer-implemented method of annotating an electronic document may include receiving annotation information corresponding to a first electronic document file and creating annotation metadata that is associated with the annotation information. The method may further include storing the annotation information and associated annotation metadata in an annotation file that is separate from the first electronic document file, and anchoring the annotation information to a target electronic document file at an anchor location corresponding to the annotation metadata. The annotation metadata may be generated by assigning a target offset value to individual neighboring tokens defining an annotation neighborhood, wherein the target offset values correspond to positions of the neighboring tokens with respect to an annotation location within the first electronic document file.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Narasimha R. Edala, Donald Loritz, Srinivas Edala, Patrick Simpson
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Publication number: 20160098407Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-executable instructions described herein generally relate to increasing user productivity in reviewing query results by surfacing a set of documents ranked by their relative value calculated as a tabulation of how often they are cited for a specific purpose. A database management system can access an index of metadata corresponding to a set of content items in a corpus/corpora of electronically stored content. A sub-system is configured to receive a query request entered by a user in said interactive GUI.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Paul Zhang, Harry R. Silver
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Publication number: 20160085739Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of a document are disclosed. A method includes receiving a request to generate the two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of the document with respect to at least one variable. In response to the received request, the method further includes retrieving, by a computer, treatment information associated with the document with respect to the at least one variable from a database. The method further includes generating a message containing the retrieved treatment information of the document with respect to the at least one variable, transmitting the generated message, and providing for display the two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of the document with respect to the at least one variable based on the transmitted message.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Thomas J. Goedde, Jacob Aaron Myers, Gaurav Mehra, Lisa Peterson
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Publication number: 20160080387Abstract: Methods and systems for accessing databases using a common web interface are provided. A method for transmitting data retrieved from an endpoint device to a client device using a common web interface includes providing the common web interface to the client device. The common web interface allows access to a plurality of endpoint devices, each endpoint device comprising a unique endpoint address. The method further includes receiving, by a computer, identification data from the client device, retrieving an endpoint address for one of the plurality of endpoint devices based on the identification data, connecting to the endpoint device corresponding to the endpoint address, retrieving data from the endpoint device, and transmitting the retrieved data to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.Inventors: Mark McCray, Eric Scott Davis
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Publication number: 20160055202Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20160048518Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Philip Wittmer, Michael Sluterbeck, Jacob Aaron Myers
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Publication number: 20160034567Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Christopher Scott Basham, Jacob Aaron Myers, Sanjay Sharma
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Patent number: 9223857Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of a document are disclosed. A method includes receiving a request to generate the two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of the document with respect to at least one variable. In response to the received request, the method further includes retrieving, by a computer, treatment information associated with the document with respect to the at least one variable from a database. The method further includes generating a message containing the retrieved treatment information of the document with respect to the at least one variable, transmitting the generated message, and providing for display the two-dimensional graphical grid representation of the treatment of the document with respect to the at least one variable based on the transmitted message.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Goedde, Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Gaurav Mehra, Lisa Peterson
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Patent number: 9208344Abstract: Methods and systems for accessing databases using a common web interface are provided. A method for transmitting data retrieved from an endpoint device to a client device using a common web interface includes providing the common web interface to the client device. The common web interface allows access to a plurality of endpoint devices, each endpoint device comprising a unique endpoint address. The method further includes receiving, by a computer, identification data from the client device, retrieving an endpoint address for one of the plurality of endpoint devices based on the identification data, connecting to the endpoint device corresponding to the endpoint address, retrieving data from the endpoint device, and transmitting the retrieved data to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: LexisNexis, A Division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Mark McCray, Eric Scott Davis
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Patent number: 9208460Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 9201969Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-executable instructions described herein relate to surfacing a set of documents ranked by their relative value calculated as a tabulation of how often they are cited for a specific purpose. In one embodiment a computer machine is configured to receive a query as computer machine input, automatically determine at least one concept contained within the query and automatically normalize the at least one concept contained within the query, thus creating at least one normalized concept. The computer machine is further configured to automatically compare the at least one normalized concept to at least one document centric concept profile associated with the set of content items in the corpora; and automatically surface a set of documents matching the document centric concept profile. The set of documents are ranked according to a reference value assigned to each document for a normalized concept.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Paul Zhang, Harry R. Silver
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Patent number: 9195718Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Christopher Scott Basham, Jacob Aaron Myers, Sanjay Sharma
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Publication number: 20150317320Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: LEXISNEXIS, A DIVISION OF REED ELSEVIER INC.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Travis Shane Ritchie, Todd J. Frascone
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Publication number: 20150294017Abstract: A computerized method of searching a collection of electronic documents may include comparing search terms to sets of paragraph terms associated with paragraphs in the documents. Search terms and paragraph terms may be standardized, prior to the comparison. The method may also include generating paragraph scores for the paragraphs using term weight values associated with paragraph terms that match search terms, generating paragraph scores for the paragraphs, and using the paragraph scores to generate overall document scores. The method may also include using the overall document scores to determine a set of search results and providing the search results to a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.Inventors: Paul Zhang, David Steiner