Global Patent Index - EP 1004090 A1

EP 1004090 A1 20000531 - RETROSPECTIVE CONVERSION

Title (en)

RETROSPECTIVE CONVERSION

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR RÜCKWÄRTSCONVERSION

Title (fr)

CONVERSION RETROSPECTIVE

Publication

EP 1004090 A1 20000531 (EN)

Application

EP 98939011 A 19980807

Priority

  • NL 9800452 W 19980807
  • NL 1006757 A 19970811

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9908226A1] The present invention relates to a method and device for linking written or typed information in a document to database information from a database, comprising of: converting the written or typed information into a form suitable for a computer; selecting keywords from the converted written or typed information; drawing up a key part-word list consisting in each case of a number of successive characters of the keywords; drawing up a database word list of the database words occurring in the database; drawing up a database part-word list consisting in each case of the above stated number of successive characters of words from the database word list, wherein each database part-word contains a reference to the database word of which it forms part; comparing the key part-words from the document with the database part-word list; selecting on the basis of the comparison the database words corresponding with the keywords; and linking a document to a record of the external database on the basis of the selection of database words corresponding with the keywords.

IPC 1-7

G06K 9/72

IPC 8 full level

G06K 9/72 (2006.01); G06V 30/262 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06V 30/262 (2022.01 - EP US); G06V 30/10 (2022.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9908226A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9908226 A1 19990218; AU 8752598 A 19990301; EP 1004090 A1 20000531; NL 1006757 C2 19990212

DOCDB simple family (application)

NL 9800452 W 19980807; AU 8752598 A 19980807; EP 98939011 A 19980807; NL 1006757 A 19970811