Methods for extracting information from case filing materials of self-enforcement cases

Abstract

This invention provides a method for extracting information from the case filing materials of an enforcement case, which can extract case information from different documents in the case filing materials of an enforcement case to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the case information.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to document (or file) processing, and in particular to a method for extracting information from case filing materials. BACKGROUND

[0002] Case filing materials include many documents or files. For example, case filing materials include an application for execution, an identification of the applicant for execution, an authorization letter, a judgment document, a copy of a lawyer's license, and a letter from the law firm to the court. If the applicant for execution is a foreigner, a Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan compatriot, notarized or certified proof (board resolution, legal identity, authorization letter, copy of business registration, etc.) must also be provided. Generally, the application for execution should also specify the reasons, matters, execution target, and the property status of the applicant for execution known to the applicant. In addition, if the applicant for execution applies for the execution of an arbitration award, the contract with arbitration clause or the arbitration agreement should be submitted to the people's court; if the applicant for execution applies for the execution of an arbitration award of a foreign arbitration institution, the Chinese version of the arbitration award certified by the Chinese embassy or consulate abroad or the Chinese notary office should be submitted.

[0003] In many cases, there are many documents and files in the case filing materials, but most of the documents and recorded information are not needed when filing the case, even during execution. Accordingly, key or important information, such as the applicant for execution, the executed person, the arbitration institution, the judgment result, etc. is submerged in these documents, which is not conducive to the reader, such as the judge, the lawyer or the party, to quickly understand the key or important information and quickly grasp the case situation.

[0004] The invention patent with the application number CN201810732199.5 discloses an information extraction method of public security law structured documents. However, the information extraction method of public security law structured documents disclosed in the patent is only used for extracting legal subjects and related information in a single document (a book for approval of arrest), and cannot be used for document information extraction of complex cases containing multiple types of documents. Secondly, the information extraction method of public security law structured documents disclosed in the patent is only used for information extraction of a single document, and is also difficult to apply to the situation that the case filing materials of an execution case include many documents. The case information in different documents of the case filing materials of the execution case is different. When extracting the case information from these documents, if the same extraction model is used, extraction errors are likely to occur. Thirdly, the information required to be extracted by the execution case is often scattered in various documents or files, and the information range on each document or file is not fixed. If only a single or single type of document or file is extracted, it is easy to lead to incomplete information extraction, and the information cannot be extracted and supplemented through other documents or files. Finally, there is information intersection and overlap between the various documents and file materials of the execution case. If each document or file is assigned to a verification personnel for manual verification, it will lead to a large increase in verification workload and greatly increase the labor cost. SUMMARY

[0005] The main advantage of the present application is to provide a method for extracting information from case filing materials of an execution case, which can extract case information from different documents of case filing materials of an execution case to ensure the completeness and accuracy of case information.

[0006] Another advantage of the present application is to provide a method for extracting information from case filing materials of an execution case, which can screen the case filing materials of the execution case to determine the verification priority of each document of the case filing materials of the execution case, thereby reducing the number of documents of the case filing materials of the execution case that need to be verified and reducing the verification workload and cost.

[0007] Another advantage of the present application is to provide a method for extracting information from case filing materials of an execution case, which can sort the documents of the case filing materials of the execution case to conform to the working habits of the named verification personnel and further help to improve the working efficiency of the verification personnel.

[0008] Another advantage of the present application is to provide a method for extracting information from case filing materials of an execution case, which can generate a corresponding information verification index according to the case information extracted from the case filing materials of the execution case completed by the named verification, to facilitate information verification.

[0009] Other advantages and features of the present application will be fully apparent from the following detailed description.

[0010] Accordingly, the method for extracting information from case files of execution cases according to the embodiments of the present application has the above advantages, and comprises the following steps:

[0011] (A) traversing all documents of the case files of execution cases to identify at least one feature information in each document of the case files of execution cases and obtain a feature information combination of each document of the case files of execution cases;

[0012] (B) determining the type of each document of the case files of execution cases according to the feature information combination in each document of the case files of execution cases, and naming each document of the case files of execution cases;

[0013] (C) distributing each document of the case files of execution cases after the naming to a naming verifier for the naming verification by the naming verifier;

[0014] (D) extracting case information from each document of the case files of execution cases after the naming verification; and

[0015] (E) distributing the extracted case information to an information verifier for the information verification by the information verifier; and

[0016] (F) sequentially taking values of the case information of each document after the information verification according to preset rules of the case information to form a case information set for storage.

[0017] The above and other advantages of the present application will become more apparent by describing the following description and accompanying drawings.

[0018] The above and other advantages and features of the present application will become more apparent by describing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 Fig. 1 shows a flow of extracting information from case files of execution cases according to the embodiments of the present application.

[0020] Figure 2 Fig. 2 shows an exemplary creation of information verification index of documents based on case files of execution cases according to the embodiments of the present application.

[0021] Figure 3 Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of cross-extracting case information from documents of case files of execution cases according to the embodiments of the present application.

[0022] Figure 4 Fig. 4 is a flow chart of the method for extracting information from case files of execution cases according to the embodiments of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The following description is provided to enable those skilled in the art to implement the invention. Other obvious substitutions, modifications, and variations will arise for those skilled in the art. Therefore, the scope of protection of this invention should not be limited to the exemplary embodiments described herein.

[0024] Those skilled in the art will understand that, unless specifically indicated herein, the term "a" should be understood as "at least one" or "one or more," meaning that in one embodiment, the number of an element may be one, while in another embodiment, the number of the element may be multiple.

[0025] Those skilled in the art should understand that, unless specifically indicated herein, the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," and "outer," etc., refer to the orientation or position based on the accompanying drawings, and are merely for the convenience of describing the invention, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements involved must have a specific orientation or position. Therefore, the above terms should not be construed as limiting the invention.

[0026] In the following description and claims, the term "enforcement case" refers to the next steps required by the court in civil, criminal, or administrative cases where the defendant has failed to comply with court judgments, rulings, or arbitrations; the term "filing materials" refers to the relevant factual and procedural materials in electronic format on which the case is based, which can be divided into verbal materials and physical materials, suitable for storage on data storage devices; the term "feature information" refers to the characteristics (fields) or keywords of the documents that can determine the nature and type of the enforcement case filing materials; the term "case information" refers to information related to the enforcement case, such as the applicant for enforcement (information), the parties' identity documents (information), the judgment document (information), the subject matter of enforcement (information), etc.; the term "information verification index" refers to an information directory used to quickly find and verify information, used to assist verification personnel in verifying data and avoiding omissions; the term "case information collection" refers to the compilation of all necessary case information in the enforcement case filing materials, for the convenience of legal practitioners; the term "legal practitioners" refers to persons engaged in legal practice, including but not limited to lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals; the term "priority" refers to the priority level of the documents in the enforcement case filing materials when extracting case information from the documents.

[0027] As shown in the attached image. Figures 1 to 4As shown, a method for extracting information from the case filing materials of an enforcement case according to an embodiment of the present invention is explained. To determine the type of each document (or file) in the case filing materials, all documents in the case filing materials should be traversed to identify at least one feature in each document, thereby obtaining a combination of feature information for each document in the case filing materials. It is understood that the combination of feature information for each document in the case filing materials includes one or more feature pieces.

[0028] It is worth noting that the characteristic information of different types of documents in the case filing materials for enforcement cases differs. For example, an application for enforcement generally includes characteristic information (or fields) such as the enforcement applicant (or applicant), the person subject to enforcement (respondent), the application matter (request matter), and the facts and reasons. A judgment generally includes a title, a number, and the content of the judgment. The title includes the name of the court that made the judgment (usually on the first line of the judgment) and the type or nature of the judgment (usually on the second line of the judgment). The number includes characteristic information (or fields) such as the year, type, and serial number. The content of the judgment includes at least characteristic information (or fields) such as the defendant. For example, (2014) Xinminchuzi No. 1001 indicates that it is the 1001st civil judgment of the Xin County People's Court in 2014. Similarly, the authorization documents and the applicant's identity documents in the case filing materials for enforcement cases also have their own unique characteristic information (combinations). Therefore, by identifying the characteristic information in each document in the case filing materials for enforcement cases and obtaining the combination of characteristic information in each document, the type of each document in the case filing materials for enforcement cases can be determined and named.

[0029] It is understandable that after traversing all the documents in the case filing materials to identify the characteristic information in each document and obtain the combination of characteristic information, the type and name of each document in the case filing materials can be determined based on the corresponding combination of characteristic information. For example, when traversing a certain document in the case filing materials and identifying and obtaining the combination of characteristic information (or fields) in that document as "applicant for enforcement," "respondent," "application matters," and "facts and reasons," it can be determined, or at least preliminarily determined, that the document is an application for enforcement and can be named accordingly.

[0030] As shown in the attached image. Figures 1 to 4As shown, furthermore, to prevent errors in determining the types of documents in the case filing materials, and to more accurately name the documents in the case filing materials and facilitate the accurate and efficient extraction of case information from subsequent documents, this invention introduces a manual naming verification step into the method for extracting information from the case filing materials. This manual naming verification step occurs after the naming of the documents in the case filing materials. Correspondingly, since the types of the documents in the case filing materials have been initially determined and the documents have been named, the workload of manual naming verification is significantly reduced, and the possibility of naming errors is greatly decreased. After the types of the documents in the case filing materials are determined and the documents are named, the named documents are assigned to naming verification personnel for verification. It is understood that if an error occurs in the naming of any document in the case filing materials, the naming verification personnel can manually correct it.

[0031] As shown in the attached image. Figures 1 to 4 As shown, furthermore, after the naming verification of each document in the case filing materials is completed, the case information in each document is extracted and assigned to information verification personnel for verification. The case information differs among documents in different (types) of case filing materials, and the case information extraction models used for extracting information from documents in different case filing materials are also different. Therefore, the naming verification of documents in case filing materials is a crucial step in case information extraction. Accurate naming of documents in case filing materials helps improve the accuracy, completeness, and speed of case information extraction.

[0032] As shown in the attached image. Figures 1 to 4 As shown, preferably, after extracting case information from all categories of documents in the execution case filing materials that have completed name verification, a corresponding information verification index (or information index) can be created based on the case information extracted from the documents in the execution case filing materials that have completed name verification, to assist or even guide information verification personnel in verifying case information. For example, information items such as the source (document) of specific case information and the frequency of occurrence of specific case information in various documents of the execution case filing materials can be established. Therefore, before the extracted case information is assigned to information verification personnel, a corresponding information verification index can be created based on the case information extracted from the execution case filing materials that have completed name verification. The created corresponding information verification index is assigned to information verification personnel to assist them in verifying the case information. For example, such as... Figure 2As shown, a corresponding application enforcement information index can be created based on the application enforcement request form of the case filing materials that have completed naming verification.

[0033] As shown in the attached image. Figures 1 to 4 As shown, further, after the information verification personnel (based on the corresponding information verification index) complete the case information verification, they sequentially retrieve the case information values ​​of each document that has completed information verification according to the preset case information rules to form a case information set for storage, which is then used by legal practitioners. It can be understood that the case information set contains all the case information of the enforcement case, enabling legal practitioners, such as judges or lawyers, to quickly browse and obtain all the case information of the enforcement case. It can also be understood that the preset case information rules can be the assignment rules for the case information of each document in the enforcement case filing materials, used to assign and sequentially retrieve the case information of each document that has completed information verification.

[0034] As shown in the attached image. Figures 1 to 4 As shown, to reduce the workload of information verification personnel and improve information verification efficiency, when the extracted case information is assigned to the information verification personnel, the information verification index and the various documents of the enforcement case filing materials after sorting can also be assigned to the information verification personnel at the same time. Therefore, after the case information is extracted, the various documents of the enforcement case filing materials can be sorted according to preset sorting rules. The sorting of the various documents of the enforcement case filing materials according to preset sorting rules can be based on the importance of each document, with the more important document appearing first. For example, in the enforcement case filing materials, "Enforcement Applicant," "Enforced Party," "Application Matters," and "Facts and Reasons" are indispensable in the application for enforcement, so the application for enforcement, the applicant's identity documents, and the judgment document are the most important and have the highest priority. If the application is made by a lawyer, the lawyer's information (power of attorney, relevant supporting documents from the law firm) is also required, which has a second priority. Other related documents have a lower priority. The sorting of the various documents of the enforcement case filing materials according to preset sorting rules can also be based on the frequency of specific characteristic information appearing in the documents, with the higher the frequency of specific characteristic information appearing in the documents, the higher the order of the documents. Preferably, the sorting of the various documents in the case filing materials for enforcement cases according to the preset sorting rules can also be based on the frequency of specific characteristic information appearing in the documents. The higher the frequency of specific characteristic information appearing in a document, the higher its order. Accordingly, information verification personnel can complete the verification of all extracted case information based solely on the documents in the case filing materials for enforcement cases that are ranked at the top, thereby avoiding duplication or even repeated verification of the same case information based on different documents, and avoiding repetitive work for information verification personnel due to the duplication and overlap of case information recorded in the various documents of the case filing materials for enforcement cases.

[0035] Furthermore, to proactively identify errors in case information within the various documents of the enforcement case filing materials, as well as errors that occur during the extraction of case information from these documents, and to improve information verification efficiency, automatic verification can be implemented for the case information extracted from each document of the enforcement case filing materials. During automatic verification, all categories of case information can be extracted from each document of the enforcement case filing materials. Using any case information from any document as a baseline, it is compared with the same case information from other documents of the enforcement case filing materials. If the baseline case information is inconsistent with the same case information from other documents of any enforcement case filing materials, then the baseline case information is marked as case information requiring correction. Marking potentially erroneous case information helps information verification personnel quickly find and correct erroneous case information, reducing their workload and improving work efficiency. Accordingly, all categories of case information extracted from each document in the case filing materials for enforcement cases are automatically verified one by one. This allows for the early detection of errors in case information within each document of the enforcement case filing materials, as well as errors that occurred during the extraction of case information from each document. This proactively alerts information verification personnel to correct or rectify these errors, reducing their workload and improving verification efficiency. Furthermore, to ensure the accuracy of case information corrections, if the baseline case information is inconsistent with the same case information in other documents from any enforcement case filing materials, the same case information in all documents of the enforcement case filing materials is marked as case information requiring correction, thus proactively alerting information verification personnel to correct or rectify it. It is understood that the baseline case information used for comparison should be specific case information. For example, the baseline case information used for comparison could be the applicant's name (or title), ID number (or credit code), address (mailing address), application details, and the respondent's name (or title), ID number (or credit code), address (mailing address), etc. It is worth noting that, generally, certain types and specific details of case information are essential in the various documents of the enforcement case filing materials. The absence of this information often means that the case cannot be filed. For example, the enforcement case filing materials must include the applicant, the matters applied for, and the respondent. Therefore, a table of essential case information can be created based on the characteristics of the enforcement case filing materials. After extracting case information from each document of the enforcement case filing materials, the extracted information can be compared with the table of essential case information to determine whether the types of case information extracted from each document are complete. If any types of case information are missing from the documents of the enforcement case filing materials, it may be due to deficiencies in the documents themselves, or it may be due to omissions or failures in extracting case information from the documents.Therefore, when there are missing types of case information extracted from various documents in the case filing materials for enforcement proceedings, the source documents of the missing case information can be marked to facilitate verification by information verification personnel. For example, when the applicant for enforcement (and its information) is missing, documents that should contain the applicant for enforcement can be marked: the application for enforcement request, judgment documents, etc., and the source documents of the marked missing case information can be distributed to information verification personnel for verification. It can be understood that if case information is missing from the documents in the case filing materials for enforcement proceedings, information verification personnel can supplement and complete the information.

[0036] As shown in the attached image. Figures 1 to 4 As shown in the embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a method for extracting information from the case filing materials of self-execution cases, which includes the following steps:

[0037] (A) Traverse all documents in the case filing materials for enforcement to identify at least one feature in each document of the case filing materials for enforcement and obtain a combination of feature information for each document of the case filing materials for enforcement;

[0038] (B) Based on the combination of characteristic information in each document of the case filing materials, determine the type of the corresponding document in the case filing materials and name each document in the case filing materials respectively;

[0039] (C) Distribute all documents of the case filing materials for the completed execution case to the naming verification personnel so that the naming verification personnel can perform naming verification;

[0040] (D) Extract case information from each document in the case filing materials after the naming verification is completed; and

[0041] (E) Distribute the extracted case information to information verification personnel so that they can verify the case information; and

[0042] (F) According to the preset rules for case information, the case information of each document that has completed information verification is taken sequentially to form a case information set for storage.

[0043] It is understood that the above-described steps of the method for extracting information from case filing materials of the present invention are implemented by a programmed device, or by a programmed device having a memory and at least one processor. Accordingly, the case information set can be stored in the memory of the programmed device.

[0044] It is worth noting that "distribution" in this article refers to the sending or transmission of various documents in the case filing materials via a communication network through programmed devices. Therefore, the distribution of completed case filing materials to the naming verification personnel means that the various documents in the case filing materials are sent or transmitted via a communication network through programmed devices to a device that can interact with the naming verification personnel, so that the various documents in the case filing materials can be obtained by the naming verification personnel. For example, the completed case filing materials are distributed via a laptop computer. Exemplarily, the completed case filing materials are sent via a communication network to the naming verification personnel's (email address) through programmed devices. Correspondingly, the distribution of extracted case information (and information verification index) to the information verification personnel means that all categories of case information (and information verification index) from the various documents in the case filing materials are sent or transmitted via a communication network through programmed devices to a device that can interact with the information verification personnel, so that the extracted case information can be obtained by the information verification personnel.

[0045] Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments described above and illustrated in the figures are merely illustrative of the invention and not intended to limit the invention.

[0046] All equivalent implementations, modifications, and improvements within the spirit of this invention should be included within the scope of protection of this invention.

Claims

1. A method of extracting information from case filing materials, characterized in that, comprises the following steps: (A) traversing all documents of the execution case filing materials to identify at least one feature information in each document of the execution case filing materials and obtain a combination of feature information of each document of the execution case filing materials, respectively; (B) determining the type of the corresponding document of the execution case filing materials according to the combination of feature information in each document of the execution case filing materials, and naming each document of the execution case filing materials, respectively; (C) distributing the each document of the execution case filing materials after the naming to the naming verification personnel for the naming verification personnel to perform the naming verification; (D) extracting the case information from the each document of the execution case filing materials after the naming verification, and creating an information verification index according to the extracted case information; and (E) distributing the extracted case information to the information verification personnel for the information verification personnel to perform the information verification on the case information; (F) in the information verification process, taking any case information of any document as a reference case information, comparing the reference case information with the same case information from other documents of the execution case filing materials, respectively, and if the reference case information is inconsistent with the same case information from any other document, marking the reference case information as a case information to be corrected; and (G) sequentially taking the case information of each document after the information verification according to a case information preset rule to form a case information set for storage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, Further comprising the following steps: (H) distributing the created corresponding information verification index to the information verification personnel, wherein step (H) is located after step (D) and before step (F).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein, Further comprising the following steps: (H1) sorting the each document of the execution case filing materials according to a preset sorting rule; and (H2) distributing the sorted each document of the execution case filing materials to the information verification personnel, wherein step (H1) and step (H2) are located after step (D) and before step (F).

4. The method of claim 2, wherein, Further comprising the following steps: (H1) sorting the each document of the execution case filing materials according to a preset sorting rule; and (H2) distributing the sorted each document of the execution case filing materials to the information verification personnel, wherein step (H1) and step (H2) are located after step (D) and before step (F).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, If the reference case information is inconsistent with the same case information from any other document of the execution case filing materials, marking the same case information in all documents of the execution case filing materials as a case information to be corrected.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein, Step (D) further comprises the following steps: extracting all categories of case information of each document of the execution case filing materials, respectively; and comparing the extracted case information with a necessary case information table, and if if the category of the extracted case information from each document of the execution case filing materials is missing, marking the source document of the missing case information.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein, Step (D) further comprises the following steps: extracting all categories of case information of each document of the execution case filing materials, respectively; and comparing the extracted case information with a necessary case information table, and if if the category of the extracted case information from each document of the execution case filing materials is missing, marking the source document of the missing case information. If the type of case information extracted from each document of the case file materials of the executed case is missing, mark the source document of the missing case information.

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