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Details

Inventors: Lin, Xiaofan;
Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX)
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Greta
Assistant Examiner: Le; Debbie M
Attorney, Agent or Firm:

A method for determining a logical structure of a document. At least one candidate table of contents page of the document is determined, wherein the table of contents page comprises a plurality of table of contents words. The document comprises at least one table of contents page and a plurality of body pages, wherein at least one body page comprises a plurality of body words. A dictionary is built for the candidate table of contents page, the dictionary comprising at least one table of contents word. One body page is analyzed for at least one text match between the plurality of body words and the table of contents words of the dictionary. Based on an evaluation the text match, it is determined whether the body page is a title page.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A method for determining a logical structure of a document is presented.
The document comprises at least one table of contents page comprising a plurality of table of contents words and a plurality of body pages, wherein at least one body page comprises a plurality of body words.
At least one candidate table of contents page of the document is determined.
A dictionary is built for the candidate table of contents page, the dictionary comprising at least one table of contents word.
One body page is analyzed for at least one text match between the plurality of body words and the table of contents words of the dictionary.
Based on an evaluation the text match, it is determined whether the body page is a title page.

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