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System for fulfilling an information need using extended matching techniques

  • US 20020123994A1
  • Filed: 12/05/2001
  • Published: 09/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of fulfilling an information need employing an index stored on a computer-readable medium and comprised of preanalyzed contexts of terms appearing within a plurality of documents, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a query comprised of one or more fully specified terms and an information need, wherein the information need is represented by one or more at least partially unspecified terms;

    identifying contexts in the index that contain the one or more fully specified terms and zero or more at least partially unspecified terms; and

    locating one or more matches for the information need within the identified contexts.

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