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Automatic method for quantifying the relevance of intra-document search results

  • US 20020095404A1
  • Filed: 01/12/2001
  • Published: 07/18/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for finding and ranking regions of documents responsive to a query comprising the steps of:

  • providing a query relating to information sought by a user, said query including at least one search term;

    searching for at least one document responsive to said query;

    determining a first value associated with each said document responsive to said query, each said value indicating the relevance of said associated document with respect to said query;

    defining at least one region within each of said documents corresponding to a selected one of said search terms; and

    determining a second value for each said region responsive to said query indicating the relevance of said region.

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