Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for extracting header labels for header cells in tables having complex header structures
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Application No.: US16136743Application Date: 2018-09-20
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Publication No.: US10831798B2Publication Date: 2020-11-10
- Inventor: Kyle G. Christianson , Joshua S. Allen , Hassan Nadim , Andrew R. Freed
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP
- Agent Stephen A. Terrile
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/00 ; G06F16/332

Abstract:
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for associating data cells with headers and header labels. In certain embodiments, a table having rows and columns is received, wherein the table includes a plurality of cells, wherein each cell is populated with at least one of a header name, data value, or no information. A determination is made as to whether a cell is a header cell or data cell. If the cell is a header cell, current list of column and current list of row headers are dynamically updated. The current list of column and row headers are assigned to the cell regardless of whether the cell is a header cell or data cell. Headers associated with header cells are used to identify label candidates for the header name of the header cell. The labels may be used to provide additional context for headers within a data cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200097541A1 System for Extracting Header Labels for Header Cells in Tables Having Complex Header Structures Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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