Document Data Structuring With Adaptive Topic Profiling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional topic extraction and modeling techniques fail to accurately characterize the diverse and complex documentary data in financial services due to uniform assumptions about document structure and length, leading to ineffective clustering and topic identification.

Innovation Solution

A machine learning-based document profiling model that extracts document characteristics such as length, structure, semantic neighborhood, and topic correlations to generate profiles for different document types, allowing for improved topic extraction and reorganization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional topic extraction processes use uniform assumptions about document structure and length, then the processing is simplified and faster, but the accuracy of topic extraction deteriorates for diverse documentary data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing speedVSAvoidtopic extraction accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adapts the topic extraction process by first profiling each document to determine its characteristics (length, structure, language, etc.), then selecting appropriate extraction parameters and methods based on the profile. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain high processing speed while achieving accurate topic extraction for diverse document types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes extraction parameters based on document profiles. Different documents receive different extraction configurations - for example, short social media posts use different keyword extraction thresholds and clustering parameters compared to long financial reports. This parameter customization resolves the contradiction by optimizing both speed and accuracy for each document type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Device complexity

If conventional topic extraction processes make universal assumptions about standard text, then the algorithm design is simplified, but the effectiveness deteriorates when applied to diverse document types with different characteristics

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvealgorithm complexityVSAvoideffectiveness across document types
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the topic extraction process into distinct phases: document profiling, parameter selection, and topic extraction. Each phase handles specific aspects independently, making the overall system more manageable despite its complexity. The profiler segments documents into characteristic categories, enabling targeted extraction strategies for each segment type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The document profile acts as an intermediary between the raw document and the topic extraction algorithm. Rather than applying a single universal algorithm directly to all documents, the profile mediates by translating document characteristics into appropriate extraction parameters, bridging the gap between diverse document types and the extraction process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If conventional topic extraction processes cluster keywords using standard distance measures, then the clustering process is straightforward, but the accuracy deteriorates for long reference documents with multiple sections and vastly different topics

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveclustering simplicityVSAvoidtopic identification accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments long reference documents into multiple sections before clustering, identifying distinct topical regions. Each section is clustered separately or with different parameters, allowing the system to handle documents with vastly different topics more accurately while maintaining operational simplicity through automated section detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

For long documents with multiple topics, the system performs partial clustering on different sections rather than attempting to cluster all keywords uniformly. This partial action approach focuses computational effort on identifying dominant topics in each section, improving accuracy without requiring overly complex global clustering algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12417239B2System, apparatus, and method for structuring documentary data for improved topic extraction and modeling
Publication Date: 2025.09.16 MORGAN STANLEY SERVICES GROUP INC
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AI summary

A method of structuring entity data using a machine learning document profiling model for improved information extraction comprises: training a learning document profiling model by applying document data and identification information on different document types to the learning document profiling model; profiling entity document data using the trained learning document profiling model; generating an entity profile using the trained learning document profiling model based on the profiled document data; selecting a subset of documents comprised in the profiled document data based on the entity profile; and tagging the selected subset of documents for further processing comprising one or more of a topic extraction process, a document processing algorithm selection process, a topic importance rating process, a knowledge graph mapping process, a document signature generation process, a document querying process, and a language derivation process.