Patents Assigned to RELX INC.
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Publication number: 20260340689Abstract: A method of automatically generating a prompt for a large language model includes receiving a test set comprising a plurality of human ratings and a plurality of large language model ratings. Each human rating of the plurality of human ratings includes a selection of a first product or a second product, and each large language model rating of the plurality of large language model ratings includes a selection of the first product or the second product using the prompt. The method further includes comparing the plurality of human ratings and the plurality of large language model ratings against a metric. When the metric is satisfied, the method includes transmitting the prompt as a final prompt. When the metric is not satisfied, the method includes generating, by an evaluation large language model, a refined prompt.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2025Publication date: October 29, 2026Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Shirley Xi, Zeek Yu, Ryan Lin, Samuel Wang, Cherlyn Zheng, Min Chen
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Publication number: 20260288841Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of generating an electronic document includes receiving a source document, receiving a summary document of the source document, generating a residual model includes information present in the source document and not present in the summary document, receiving at least a portion of the residual model and at least a portion of the summary document by a trained model as an input, and outputting, by the trained model an inverse summary document, where the inverse summary document includes at least some information present in the source document but not present in the summary document.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2025Publication date: September 24, 2026Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventor: Michael Cole
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Patent number: 12681974Abstract: A database clustering search system includes a processor; and a non-transitory, processor readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor, the non-transitory, processor readable storage medium including one or more instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to: receive input comprising a search query; deploy a search based on the input; populate a list that refers to one or more content types; and output the list to a user device.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2024Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: RELX Inc.Inventors: Mark Koussa, Mark Myslin
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Publication number: 20260087061Abstract: System and methods for managing a clauses database for use with creating electronic documents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for updating a database includes receiving, from a graphical user interface, a clause, the graphical user interface comprising an electronic document panel and a clauses panel, receiving, from the clauses panel, a clause approval assignment that assigns the clause to an approver; receiving, from the approver, an approval or a denial of the clause, and when an approval is received, storing the clause in the database, wherein the clause is marked as approved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2025Publication date: March 26, 2026Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Danielle E. McCormick, Benjamin Adler, Madeleine H. Graham
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Patent number: 12321376Abstract: System and methods for managing a clauses database for use with creating electronic documents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for updating a database includes receiving, from a graphical user interface, a clause, the graphical user interface comprising an electronic document panel and a clauses panel, receiving, from the clauses panel, a clause approval assignment that assigns the clause to an approver; receiving, from the approver, an approval or a denial of the clause, and when an approval is received, storing the clause in the database, wherein the clause is marked as approved.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: RELX Inc.Inventors: Danielle E. McCormick, Benjamin Adler, Madeleine Graham
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Publication number: 20250139146Abstract: In embodiment, a method of displaying an answer of a question-answer pair in response to a natural language search query includes receiving, from a Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) model, an array of attention matrices for the question-answer pair, where each attention matrix of the array of attention matrices includes an array of attribution values, generating a total attribution value for each word of an answer of the question-answer pair from the array of attention matrices, and displaying the answer on an electronic display, wherein one or more words of the answer is highlighted based on the total attribution values for each word.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Soha Khazaeli, Jake Nelson, Taylor Hearn
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Publication number: 20250077561Abstract: A database clustering search system includes a processor; and a non-transitory, processor readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor, the non-transitory, processor readable storage medium including one or more instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to: receive input comprising a search query; deploy a search based on the input; populate a list that refers to one or more content types; and output the list to a user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Mark Koussa, Mark Myslin
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Publication number: 20240419738Abstract: A method for expanding a hierarchical taxonomy associated with a corpus of documents may include performing cluster analysis on documents associated with a leaf node of the taxonomy to determine a plurality of first clusters, each cluster of the plurality of first clusters being associated with one or more documents associated with the leaf node; determining one or more topics associated with the documents in each cluster of the plurality of first clusters; performing cluster analysis on the topics to determine a plurality of second clusters, each cluster of the plurality of second clusters being associated with one or more of the topics; determining a name for each cluster of the plurality of second clusters; and expanding the hierarchical taxonomy based on the topics associated with the documents in each cluster of the plurality of first clusters and the determined name for each cluster of the plurality of second clusters.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Sharma, Mark Shewhart
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Patent number: 12072896Abstract: A system including a search engine configured to: determine a search result based on a search query and search query context, extract query tokens from the search query, determine, query token hit set(s) within each search result document, each query token hit set including query token hit(s) within a defined proximity range of a query token centrally-located within the defined proximity range, determine a query token density value (QTDV) between each query token hit and the centrally-located query token for each query token hit set within each document, each QTDV based on a distance between each query token hit and the centrally-located query token, determine a query token density score (QTDS) for each query token hit set, determine a document density score (DDS) for each document, rank or re-rank each document within the search result based on the DDSs, and transmit a ranked/re-ranked search engine result page for presentation.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Douglas Rosenoff, Khanh Vu
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Publication number: 20240241896Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of displaying electronic documents relevant to a matter includes receiving matter information relating to the matter, extracting key phrases from the matter information, generating a query from the key phrases, searching one or more data sources for electronic documents using the query, and displaying, on an electronic display, one or electronic documents relevant to the query.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Huseyin Sencan, Joseph Hunt
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Publication number: 20240242142Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of automatically assigning a matter includes receiving matter information, generating one or more new matter vectors from the matter information, comparing the one or more new matter vectors to historical matter vectors of historical matter information relating to historical matters, selecting a plurality of historical matters from the historical matters, where each historical matter of the plurality of historical matters has a similarity between the one or more new matter vectors and one or more historical matter vectors that is above a threshold, determining a subset of employees associated with the plurality of historical matters, where the subset of employees is a subset of a plurality of employees, applying one or more rules to the subset of employees to generate a score for each employee of the subset of employees, and assigning the matter to an assigned employee having a highest score.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Amanda Mostafavi, Joseph Hunt
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Publication number: 20240241926Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic extraction of electronic data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of automatically generating a matter form, the method includes receiving input data from one or more sources, the input data relating to a matter, classifying, using a trained model, a matter classification based at least in part on the input data, selecting one or more matter forms based on the matter classification, automatically extracting field data from the input data, and automatically populating fields of the one or more matter forms with the extracted field data.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventor: Joseph Hunt
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Patent number: 11989195Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Richard D. Miller, Jacob Aaron Myers, Travis Shane Ritchie, Todd J. Frascone
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Patent number: 11972217Abstract: System and method for displaying a user interface of an evaluation system configured to evaluate predicted answers generated by a machine learning system. For example, the method includes receiving textual data and a predicted answer to a question associated with a text object. The text object includes a structured data field of the textual data. The predicted answer includes a confidence level. The confidence level is determined by a machine learning system. In response to determining the confidence level being larger than or equal to a predetermined confidence threshold, the predicted answer and a reference is stored in a storage for retrieval and display. The reference indicates a location of the text object in the textual data. In response to determining the confidence level being smaller than the predetermined confidence threshold, the question and the text object associated with the question is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Douglas C. Hebenthal, Cesare John Saretto, James Tracy, Richard Clinkenbeard, Christopher Liu
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Patent number: 11797849Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for adaptive training of a machine learning system configured to predict answers to questions associated with textual data includes receiving predicted answers to questions associated with textual data. The predicted answers are generated based at least in part on one or more first models of a machine learning system. The one or more first models are associated with a first accuracy score. The method further includes determining based at least in part on a quality control parameter whether an evaluation of the questions by one or more external entities is required. In response to determining based at least in part on the quality control parameter that an evaluation of the questions by one or more external entities is required, the questions associated with the textual data and the textual data are sent to the one or more external entities for evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Douglas C. Hebenthal, Cesare John Saretto, James Tracy, Richard Clinkenbeard, Christopher Liu
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Patent number: 11694033Abstract: A method comprises receiving a natural language search query, identifying a first set of semantic concepts in the query, creating a vector representation of the first set of semantic concepts, identifying a second set of semantic concepts having a vector representation within a predetermined threshold of similarity to the first set of semantic concepts, performing a search of documents based on the first set of semantic concepts, presenting a result set of documents and the first, second, and third sets of semantic concepts to a user, receiving input from the user, performing a second search of the documents based on the input from the user to obtain a second result set of documents, identifying a fourth set of semantic concepts based on the second result set of documents, and presenting the second result set of documents and the fourth set of semantic concepts to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Kathryn Farmer, Ankur Oberai, Dhruv Sakalley, Michael Etgen, Sachin Kumar, Sanket Shukl
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Patent number: 11640499Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, methods, and computer product programs to identify one or more seminal cases within a database containing legal case data. The disclosed systems and methods provide an approach to identify one or more seminal cases for particular legal issues by mining a text database containing electronic legal documents for the reasons for citing and mining the text within to determine whether the legal issue addressed in the reasons for citing is directed to a seminal case. The data is created through data mining and obtained from the plurality the reasons for citing identifying the seminal cases for a particular legal issue such that the output data corresponding to the seminal cases causes an external device to distinguish the seminal cases when one or more of the seminal cases are returned as the result of a search.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: RELX INC.Inventors: Paul Zhang, Valentina Templar
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Publication number: 20230115352Abstract: System and method for displaying a user interface of an evaluation system configured to evaluate predicted answers generated by a machine learning system. For example, the method includes receiving textual data and a predicted answer to a question associated with a text object. The text object includes a structured data field of the textual data. The predicted answer includes a confidence level. The confidence level is determined by a machine learning system. In response to determining the confidence level being larger than or equal to a predetermined confidence threshold, the predicted answer and a reference is stored in a storage for retrieval and display. The reference indicates a location of the text object in the textual data. In response to determining the confidence level being smaller than the predetermined confidence threshold, the question and the text object associated with the question is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Douglas C. Hebenthal, Cesare John Saretto, James Tracy, Richard Clinkenbeard, Christopher Liu
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Publication number: 20230046572Abstract: A method and system for maintaining the order of arrangement of a modified object list is provided. The method includes receiving selection of an object from a first plurality of objects of an object list, wherein the object list has an order of arrangement and is included on a first digital page displayed on a user interface of a device, receiving selection of a category icon from a plurality of category icons corresponding, to a plurality of categories, wherein the plurality of category icons are included on the first digital page, modifying the object list to exclude the object from the first digital page, and maintaining the order of arrangement of the object list that is modified, wherein the maintaining includes displaying a second plurality of objects included in the object list that is modified on the first digital page in accordance with the order of arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventor: Peter Beukema
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Publication number: 20230020047Abstract: System and methods for managing a clauses database for use with creating electronic documents are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for updating a database includes receiving, from a graphical user interface, a clause, the graphical user interface comprising an electronic document panel and a clauses panel, receiving, from the clauses panel, a clause approval assignment that assigns the clause to an approver; receiving, from the approver, an approval or a denial of the clause, and when an approval is received, storing the clause in the database, wherein the clause is marked as approved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: RELX Inc.Inventors: Danielle E. McCormick, Benjamin Alder, Madeleine Graham