[SEL] Opinions wanted

[bill at antique-engines.com]

WOW, Rob - to do that he'll have to skip the image format and OCR every
page and then error check then create an ASP or PHP script to do the
search.
Each page would have to be text - or the text within the image be in a
database.
There IS software to do this for him, but I doubt he wants to spend the
$300+ to get it.
(There is software that will scan images and index the text within.....)

Bill

>> I want your opinions before I get too deep into this. Big
>> project and  will take many months. I think I have a good
>> balance of speed and  quality here. Let me know before
>>I get into it for real. This will be  over 400 pages with hyperlinks
>>from the index and the table of  contents. Take a look here at one page.
>
> Hi Jeff,
> That would be a fabulous resource, especially if it was in a list format
> where
> one could do a ctrl-f search for the individual(s) to which the patent was
> issued, the related company, the date, and the title of the patent.
>
> Hiscox's listings are incomplete.  Many of us do manual patent searches,
> beating
> our heads on the keyboard for hours looking for a specific patent.  Often
> the
> search reveals unrelated engine patents.  Perhaps when we run across these
> patents, we could send them to you for addition to your list.
>
> As you mentioned, it would be a monumental task.
>
> Take a look at a patent page I put together for Rumely stuff and patents
> issued
> to the major players in that company.  It's a small list, and the labor to
> compile that little bit was extensive.
> http://rumely.rustyiron.com/patents.html
>
> Please keep us informed of your intentions on this project.
>
> Rob
>
> _______________________________________________
> SEL mailing list
> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel
>