Identifying a primary version of a document
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1. A method comprising:
- providing, to a server, a search query;
receiving, by a user device and from the server, a set of search results that includes one or more respective search results that are each associated with a document;
generating a search result display for each particular search result in the set of search results, wherein generating the search result display includes;
rendering, on a display of the user device, a first hyperlink that references a first version of the document that is associated with the particular search result;
rendering, on the display of the user device, publishing information related to the first version of the document, wherein the publishing information is different from the first hyperlink that references the first version of the document;
rendering, on the display of the user device, a snippet from the first version of the document; and
rendering, on the display of the user device, a second hyperlink that references a set of citing documents, wherein each citing document in the set of citing documents includes a citation to at least one version of the document.
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Abstract
A system and method identifies a primary version out of different versions of the same document. The system selects a priority of authority for each document version based on a priority rule and information associated with the document version, and selects a primary version based on the priority of authority and information associated with the document version.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing, to a server, a search query; receiving, by a user device and from the server, a set of search results that includes one or more respective search results that are each associated with a document; generating a search result display for each particular search result in the set of search results, wherein generating the search result display includes; rendering, on a display of the user device, a first hyperlink that references a first version of the document that is associated with the particular search result; rendering, on the display of the user device, publishing information related to the first version of the document, wherein the publishing information is different from the first hyperlink that references the first version of the document; rendering, on the display of the user device, a snippet from the first version of the document; and rendering, on the display of the user device, a second hyperlink that references a set of citing documents, wherein each citing document in the set of citing documents includes a citation to at least one version of the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform the operations comprising; providing, to a server, a search query; receiving, by a user device and from the server, a set of search results that includes one or more respective search results that are each associated with a document; generating a search result display for each particular search result in the set of search results, wherein generating the search result display includes; rendering, on a display of the user device, a first hyperlink that references a first version of the document that is associated with the particular search result; rendering, on the display of the user device, publishing information related to the first version of the document, wherein the publishing information is different from the first hyperlink that references the first version of the document; rendering, on the display of the user device, a snippet from the first version of the document; and rendering, on the display of the user device, a second hyperlink that references a set of citing documents, wherein each citing document in the set of citing documents includes a citation to at least one version of the document. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by data processing apparatus, cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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providing, to a server, a search query; receiving, by a user device and from the server, a set of search results that includes one or more respective search results that are each associated with a document; generating a search result display for each particular search result in the set of search results, wherein generating the search result display includes; rendering, on a display of the user device, a first hyperlink that references a first version of the document that is associated with the particular search result; rendering, on the display of the user device, publishing information related to the first version of the document, wherein the publishing information is different from the first hyperlink that references the first version of the document; rendering, on the display of the user device, a snippet from the first version of the document; and rendering, on the display of the user device, a second hyperlink that references a set of citing documents, wherein each citing document in the set of citing documents includes a citation to at least one version of the document. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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