Auto-population of a table

US8972437B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8972437-B2
Application numberUS-64688509-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 23, 2009
Priority dateDec 23, 2009
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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Abstract

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Automatically generating and/or populating a table is described. In some embodiments, in response to receiving an indication to include data from a set of documents in a table, each of at least a subset of documents included in the set of documents is parsed to identify a set of one or more common elements, a table with a structure derived from at least a subset of the set of common elements is generated, and an entry for each of one or more documents in the set of documents included in the table is populated with data values extracted from the content of that document.

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What is claimed is: 1. A system for automatically populating a table, comprising: a processor configured to: receive an indication to include into a table data from a first document and a second document; parse the first document and the second document to identify a set of one or more common elements that are included in each of the first document and the second document by searching the first document and the second document for a prescribed set of elements, wherein the presc…

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What does patent US8972437B2 cover?
Automatically generating and/or populating a table is described. In some embodiments, in response to receiving an indication to include data from a set of documents in a table, each of at least a subset of documents included in the set of documents is parsed to identify a set of one or more common elements, a table with a structure derived from at least a subset of the set of common elements is…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Hoellwarth Quin C, Apple Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/86. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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