Document Portion Bookmarking With Extraction Cards
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic document management systems lack mechanisms to facilitate access to selected portions of documents, making it difficult for users to locate specific information within vast amounts of electronic content.
Innovation Solution
The system enables bookmarking of selected portions of electronic documents, generating extraction cards with user-specified and automatically-generated data and metadata, allowing user-selectable actions such as viewing, managing, and communicating the bookmarked content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If current bookmarking mechanisms (URL bookmarking, email flagging) are used, then access to entire documents or messages is facilitated, but access to selected portions of documents is not enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the electronic document into selectable portions, allowing users to bookmark specific parts rather than entire documents. The system divides the document content into discrete selectable units (portions) that can be independently bookmarked, enabling precise navigation to specific sections without having to search through the entire document.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension to bookmarking by introducing portion selection capability alongside the traditional document-level bookmarking. Instead of only bookmarking at the document level (one dimension), the system enables bookmarking at multiple levels: entire documents and specific portions within documents (adding a second dimension of granularity).
2Loss of time
If manual search or keyword search is used to locate specific emails, then access to specific content is possible, but time and effort are required to remember and enter search keywords
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-identifying and bookmarking specific portions of electronic documents before they are needed. Users can bookmark relevant sections in advance, and the system stores these bookmarked portions with metadata. When users need information, they can directly access pre-bookmarked portions without performing manual or keyword searches, significantly reducing the time and effort required to locate specific content.
3Quantity of substance
If vast amounts of information are stored in electronic documents, then information capacity is increased, but accessibility of specific information becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts specific portions of information from the vast body of electronic document content and creates separate bookmarked references to these extracted portions. The system identifies and extracts relevant sections (portions) from the larger document, stores them as distinct bookmarked entities with associated metadata, and makes them independently accessible. This extraction approach allows users to access specific information without having to search through the entire volume of stored information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces bookmarked portions as intermediary elements between the user and the vast information storage. Instead of direct access to raw document content, users interact with bookmarked portions that serve as mediators - these bookmarks contain metadata and references that facilitate efficient retrieval and navigation to the actual information, reducing the difficulty of detecting and accessing specific content within large information volumes.
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AI summary
Techniques for electronic document content bookmarking are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising receiving user input indicating selection of a portion of the electronic document, receiving a request to bookmark the selected portion of the electronic document, generating a bookmark card for the selected portion of the electronic document, the bookmark card comprising information identifying the electronic document, the selected portion of the electronic document as bookmarked content and the at least one user-defined information item, receiving, via the computing device, a bookmark view request via the GUI, and causing display of the bookmark view via the GUI in response to the bookmark view request, the bookmark view comprising an entry corresponding to the generated bookmark card and providing the bookmarked content from the generated bookmark card, the bookmark view providing a number of actions selectable by the user in connection with the entry from the bookmark view.