	US 12,242,545 B2
	Automatic revisions to document clauses based on clause type
Christina Silva Hamlin, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Eric M. Zenz, Mercer Island, WA (US); Jacob Scott Mitchell, Richmond, VA (US); William Gerard Wetherell, San Francisco, CA (US); Sedine Jei San Agustin, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Aylin Selcukoglu, Chicago, IL (US); Megan Elizabeth Schwarz, Chicago, IL (US); David Minoru Hirotsu, Torrance, CA (US); Dia A. Abulzahab, Willowbrook, IL (US); Mangesh Prabhakar Bhandarkar, Los Altos, CA (US); Isaac John Steiner, Chicago, IL (US); Saul Adams Aguilar, Redwood City, CA (US); and Michael Wayne Fountain, Bainbridge Island, WA (US)
Assigned to Docusign, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by DocuSign, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,737.
Application 18/243,737 is a continuation of application No. 17/514,369, filed on Oct. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,853,369.
Prior Publication US 2023/0418884 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01)

CPC G06F 16/93 (2019.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01)]

20 Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, using at least one processor, an update to a clause in an electronic document;

identifying, using the at least one processor, one or more electronic documents in a plurality of electronic documents, the one or more electronic documents including a first instance of the clause, the received update to the clause including a second instance of the clause;

comparing, using the at least one processor, the second instance of the clause to the first instance of the clause; and

executing, using the at least one processor, based on the comparing, an automatic update to the first instance of the clause in each electronic document in the one or more electronic documents to change the first instance of the clause to the second instance of the clause upon determining that a difference between the second instance of the clause and the first instance of the clause exceeds a predetermined threshold.