David J Pickens

US Patent:

7373597, May 13, 2008

Filed:

Oct 31, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/285080

Inventors:

Clark Gregory Hagerty - Highland Park NJ, US
Frank A. Sonnenberg - Chester NJ, US
David S. Pickens - Highland Park NJ, US
Casimir A. Kulikowski - Highland Park NJ, US

Assignee:

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - New Brunswick NJ

International Classification:

G06F 15/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715513, 715517, 715530

Abstract:

Disclosed is a markup system and method for converting text-based guidelines into a form that allows manipulation and viewing in different formats and detail. The system identifies conditions described in electronic documents and uses an interactive or rule-based processor to annotate (or tag) the text with the symbols and vocabulary of a hypertext markup language. Any electronic document, text-based or having a mix of graphics, audio, video, and/or pre-defined hypertext in addition to text, containing statements, indices, variables, decision points, and recommendations is adaptable for use with this system. The annotated text may be provided to others over a network for application. The annotated text may also be parsed by a validation engine to check it against the original to see that the logic and sentence structure has not been damaged.