US 12,436,661 B2
Structured text for electronic communications
Steven W. Lundberg, Edina, MN (US); Thomas G. Marlow, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US); and Christopher James Kinniburgh, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/516,775.
Application 18/516,775 is a continuation of application No. 17/097,245, filed on Nov. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,847,301.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/935,566, filed on Nov. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0168608 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/08 (2022.01); H04L 51/18 (2022.01); H04L 51/42 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 16/2358 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 51/42 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of creating a manifest record for an outgoing electronic communication, the method comprising;
receiving a message comprising unstructured text to be inserted into the outgoing electronic communication; and
generating the manifest record for attachment to the outgoing electronic communication using an application within a first automated electronic system, the manifest record comprising a first set of structured data specifying a file and an event associated with the file, wherein generating the manifest record comprises:
receiving a matter number indicating the file from a first input field;
receiving an indication of a message type, wherein the message type relates to a topic of the outgoing electronic communication;
retrieving an official record associated with the matter number, wherein the official record lists one or more events associated with the file, wherein retrieving the official record comprises connecting to a database and scraping the official record from the database;
displaying, on a user interface, the one or more events with a selection user interface element;
receiving a selection, via a second input field in the selection user interface element, of the one or more events, the event associated with the file; and
producing a second set of structured data indicating an action to be executed within a second automated electronic system upon receipt of the outgoing electronic communication, wherein the action includes automatically updating a file database within the second automated electronic system.