Identifying core content based on citations

摘要

Techniques for identifying and conveying core sections of a specified document. Reference documents are identified that each includes a respective citation to a distinct portion of the specified document. The core sections are determined based on the citations of the reference documents. The core sections are output in a manner that emphasizes the core sections over non-core sections of the specified document.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method to automatically identify and convey core sections of a specified document, based on citations to distinct portions of the specified document and uniquely identifying the specified document, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, from a requesting entity, a request to output the specified document; identifying a plurality of reference documents that each includes a respective citation to a distinct portion of the specified document, wherein each included citation uniquely identifies the specified document to the exclusion of other documents; determining a plurality of core sections of the specified document, based on the citations of the plurality of reference documents and by operation of one or more computer processors, each core section of which contains a respective one of the distinct portions in full, whereafter the specified document has at least one non-core section that does not contain any of the distinct portions even in part; and outputting the specified document to the requesting entity in a manner that emphasizes the plurality of core sections over the at least one non-core section of the specified document, responsive to the request.