Electronic document equivalence determination system and equivalence determination method

US8977949B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8977949-B2
Application numberUS-68272208-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 10, 2008
Priority dateOct 11, 2007
Publication dateMar 10, 2015
Grant dateMar 10, 2015

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An equivalence determination system ( 10 ) according to this invention includes a specifying means ( 11 ) and determination means ( 12 ). The specifying means ( 11 ) specifies parts of respective electronic documents in a document database that are rarely modified manually. The determination means ( 12 ) determines whether the parts specified by the specifying means ( 11 ) match each other between a plurality of electronic documents, and when determining that the parts match each other, specifies that these documents are a plurality of similar electronic documents. An electronic document which cites part or all of another electronic document and is slightly modified can be quickly specified in the document database.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An equivalence determination system comprising: a processor; an object extracting unit, executed on the processor, that extracts, from respective electronic documents in a set of electronic documents, at least one object which forms the electronic document and includes at least one of a text, a figure, and an equation; a specifying unit that specifies predetermined number of objects in the respective electronic documents based on density calculated…

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What does patent US8977949B2 cover?
An equivalence determination system ( 10 ) according to this invention includes a specifying means ( 11 ) and determination means ( 12 ). The specifying means ( 11 ) specifies parts of respective electronic documents in a document database that are rarely modified manually. The determination means ( 12 ) determines whether the parts specified by the specifying means ( 11 ) match each other betw…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Matsuda Katsushi, Nec Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/334. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 10 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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