WO2003036425A3 - System and method for managing a procurement process - Google Patents

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WO2003036425A3
WO2003036425A3 PCT/US2002/033978 US0233978W WO03036425A3 WO 2003036425 A3 WO2003036425 A3 WO 2003036425A3 US 0233978 W US0233978 W US 0233978W WO 03036425 A3 WO03036425 A3 WO 03036425A3
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A method of managing contracts is provided. The method includes storing a plurality of electronic contracts including unstructured text. The method further includes determining one or more linguistic patterns associated with a business parameter and generating linguistic rules based on the one or more linguistic patterns. The method further includes extracting particular information regarding the business parameter from the plurality of contracts using one or more of the linguistic rules. The method further includes generating a visual output based on at least a portion of the extracted information.
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