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Method and system for real-time information analysis of textual material
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-09-23
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Granted: 1998-06-02
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Expires: 2016-09-23
Abstract
Abstract A multi-dimensional processing and display system that is used with textual data to provide a system by which large volumes of such textual data may be efficiently sorted and searched. Textual data that is input to the multi-dimensional processing and display system is from one or more documents that are reformatted and translated into one or more numeric matrices. The matrices are modified to enhance and/or suppress certain words, phrases, subjects, etc. Thereafter, a single two-dimensional data is formed by concatenating the numeric matrices. The multi-dimensional processing and display system creates and maintains a historical database which is also concatenated in the two-dimensional matrix. Once the textual data is in the form of a two-dimensional matrix, the data can be analyzed efficiently, for example, using singular value decomposition (SVD). In doing so, the two-dimensional concatenated matrix is decomposed to obtain a compressed form of the numeric matrix. Certain data elements in the two-dimensional matrix may be enhanced, while certain other data elements may be suppressed. After data enhancement and/or suppression, the two-dimensional matrix is partitioned and rearranged to form an enhanced multi-dimensional matrix. All or portions of the enhanced multi-dimensional matrix are then visually displayed. Lexical, semantic, and/ or textual constructs of interest may be displayed as opaque objects within a three-dimensional transparent cube, enabling a user to review many documents quickly and easily.
Inventors
- 👤 William H. Hutson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 07:22
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01S; G01S3/00; G01S3/80; G01S3/802; G01S15/00; G01S15/88; G01S15/89; G01S15/8906; G01S15/899; G01S7/00; G01S7/02; G01S7/04; G01S7/06; G01S7/20; G01S7/52; G01S7/56; G01S7/62; G01S7/6245; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/30; G06F40/00; G06F40/20; G06F40/253
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A computer-implemented method for at least enhancing selected information contained in a data containing media, the method comprising the steps of: receiving input data representing a textual document having a number of human-readable words; compressing the input data into compressed data structures having information regarding a location and relative importance of elements of the input data with at least a subset of the compressed data structures being enhanced with respect to a remainder of the compressed data structures by modifying the subset of the compressed data structures; expanding the compressed data structures; and displaying the expanded structures such that the expanded structures have an appearance of a polyhedron with the enhanced data structures being visually distinguishable from a remainder of data structures.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A computer-implemented method for at least enhancing selected information contained in a data containing media, the method comprising the steps of: receiving input data representing a textual document having a number of human-readable words; compressing the input data into compressed data structures having information regarding a location and relative importance of elements of the input data with at least a subset of the compressed data structures being enhanced with respect to a remainder of the compressed data structures by modifying the subset of the compressed data structures; expanding the compressed data structures; and displaying the expanded structures such that the expanded structures have an appearance of a polyhedron with the enhanced data structures being visually distinguishable from a remainder of data structures.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of displaying a cursor within the displayed polyhedron and moving the cursor within the polyhedron in response to user input.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 2, wherein the polyhedron is a rectangular prism.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of displaying textual data as a slice through the solid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 4, wherein the polyhedron is a rectangular prism.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying step includes displaying the text as an opaque feature within the solid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising step of searching the expanded structures in response to a query for one or more features of interest.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the polyhedron is a rectangular prism.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
132 words
A system for at least enhancing selected information contained in a data containing media, the system comprising: means for receiving input data representing a textual document having a number of human-readable words; means for compressing the input data into compressed data structures having information regarding a location and relative importance of elements of the input data with at least a subset of the compressed data structures being enhanced with respect to a remainder of the compressed data structures by modifying the subset of the compressed data structures; means for expanding the compressed data structures; and means for displaying the expanded structures in a manner such that the expanded structures have a multi-dimensional form at least three dimensions and with the enhanced data structures being visually distinguishable from a remainder of data structures.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
132 words
A system for at least enhancing selected information contained in a data containing media, the system comprising: means for receiving input data representing a textual document having a number of human-readable words; means for compressing the input data into compressed data structures having information regarding a location and relative importance of elements of the input data with at least a subset of the compressed data structures being enhanced with respect to a remainder of the compressed data structures by modifying the subset of the compressed data structures; means for expanding the compressed data structures; and means for displaying the expanded structures in a manner such that the expanded structures have a multi-dimensional form at least three dimensions and with the enhanced data structures being visually distinguishable from a remainder of data structures.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 9, wherein the three dimensional form is a rectangular prism.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 9, wherein the displaying means displays a cursor movable within the three dimensional form.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 9, wherein the displaying means displays the text as an opaque feature within the three dimensional form.
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