Document creation, linking, and maintenance system

Patent · 15 February 2011

OSTI ID:1018036

Claghorn, Ronald ^[1]

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1. Pasco, WA

A document creation and citation system designed to maintain a database of reference documents. The content of a selected document may be automatically scanned and indexed by the system. The selected documents may also be manually indexed by a user prior to the upload. The indexed documents may be uploaded and stored within a database for later use. The system allows a user to generate new documents by selecting content within the reference documents stored within the database and inserting the selected content into a new document. The system allows the user to customize and augment the content of the new document. The system also generates citations to the selected content retrieved from the reference documents. The citations may be inserted into the new document in the appropriate location and format, as directed by the user. The new document may be uploaded into the database and included with the other reference documents. The system also maintains the database of reference documents so that when changes are made to a reference document, the author of a document referencing the changed document will be alerted to make appropriate changes to his document. The system also allows visual comparison of documents so that the user may see differences in the text of the documents.

• Research Organization: Bechtel National Inc
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC27-01RV14136
• Assignee: Claghorn, Ronald (Pasco, WA)
• Patent Number(s): 7,890,486
• Application Number: 12/187,260
• OSTI ID: 1018036
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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