REPORTING TOOL AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A reporting tool is used to execute a method of designating publications to cite in a report. The reporting tool opens a report in response to a request received from a client computer. The reporting tool receives from the client computer an indication of publications. Then, the reporting tool uses storage to find information in storage that links the publications to other publications found in the storage. At that point, the reporting tool sends a suggestion to the client computer to cite the newly-found publications in the report. The reporting tool has multiple uses, such as facilitating the process of generating a prior art search report.

主权项

1. A method of designating publications to cite in a report, the method comprising:
opening a report in response to a request received from a client computer; receiving from the client computer an indication of a first set of one or more publications; using storage to find information that links the publications of the first set to one or more publications of a second set of publications; and sending a suggestion to the client computer to cite the publications of the second set in the report.