EP0933712A2
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Method and system for generating document summaries with navigation information
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1999-01-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-01-14
Abstract
Abstract A method and a system for generating a document summary. The method and the system extract text along with corresponding position information from a document, provide the extracted text to a document summarizer (62) and generates a summary with indicators that indicate the corresponding locations in the document from which the summary portions were extracted.
Inventors
- 👤 Julian M. Kupiec
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 11:04
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/30; G06F16/34; G06F16/345; G06F40/00; G06F40/20; G06F40/258
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A method for summarizing a document, the method
comprising: extracting text from the document along with
corresponding location information; identifying portions of the extracted text that
reflect the content of the document; generating a presentation file that includes the
identified portions and a first set of indicators that
indicate the locations of the corresponding extracted text
in the document; and presenting the presentation file.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1, where the location information
comprises structural information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 or claim 2, where the location
information comprises layout information.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
35 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 3, further comprising
the step of identifying the document as being of a
predetermined type, wherein the steps of extracting and
identifying correspond to the predetermined type.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
87 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 4, further
comprising: generating a second set of indicators that correspond
to the first set of indicators; and placing the second set of indicators in the layout of
the document adjacent to the corresponding extracted text,
wherein the first set of indicators comprise presenting
each corresponding portion of summary in a presentation
attribute that corresponds to the second set of indicators
that comprise the presentation of the corresponding
extracted text of the document in the same corresponding
presentation attribute.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
87 words
An automatic document summarizer comprising: a processor that comprises: a text extractor that extracts text from a document
along with corresponding extracted text location
information; a document summarizer that identifies portions of the
extracted text that reflect the content of the document;
and a presentation file formatter that formats the layout
of a presentation file that includes the identified
portions and a first set of indicators that indicate the
locations of the corresponding extracted text in the
document; and a presentation system that presents the presentation
file.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The summarizer of claim 6, where the location
information comprises structural information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The summarizer of claim 6 or claim 7, where the
location information comprises layout information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
59 words
The summarizer of any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the
processor further comprises a document type identifier that
identifies the document as being of a predetermined type,
wherein the text extractor extracts the text using a method
corresponding to the identified predetermined type and the
document summarizer identifies portions using a method
corresponding to the identified predetermined type.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
90 words
The summarizer of any of claims 6 to 9, where the
presentation file formatter generates a second set of
indicators that correspond to the first set of indicators
and places the second set of indicators in the layout of
the document adjacent to the corresponding extracted text,
wherein the first set of indicators comprise presenting
each corresponding portion of summary in a presentation
attribute that corresponds to the second set of indicators
that comprise the presentation of the corresponding
extracted text of the document in the same corresponding
presentation attribute.
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