Method and system for a document search system using search criteria comprised of ratings prepared by experts

• US 20030014428A1
• Filed: 07/16/2001
• Published: 01/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Transporin, Inc
• Original Assignee: Bioexpertise LLC
• Inventors: Mascarenhas, Desmond
• Granted Patent: US 7,058,516 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/31 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/353 into predefined classes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for creating and maintaining a Biomedical document database, wherein the documents have been reviewed by biomedical and other experts, who have assigned taxonomic based indicia to each document wherein a specialized search engine can rapidly retrieve relevant documents based upon the commnly known taxonomy.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for maintaining, and utilizing a database of references, comprising the acts of:

a. storing references with associated significance values in a database in a computer readable memory, said values rated according to a multidimensional taxonomy of knowledge categories; and

b. providing mechanisms for searching said database for significant items, using search arguments based on said multidimensional taxonomy.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said significance values are generated by domain experts.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said domain experts are taken from a group comprising editorial staff of a leading trade journal, academic experts, and one or more of other selected leading practitioners in biomedical research.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the references are related to biomedical related documents.

5. An internet based method for providing a web access to a client professional comprising the acts of:

providing a web site to the client professional having a user interface (UI);

receiving commands from the client professional to store references with associated significance values in a database in a computer readable memory, said significance values rated according to a multidimensional taxonomy of knowledge categories; and

providing mechanisms for searching said database for significant items, using search arguments based on said multidimensional taxonomy.

6. The method of claim 5 comprising the additional act of monitoring system resources which comprise memory space and computer time that are used by a client professional or researcher, the monitoring being done for purposes of billing the client professional or researcher on a periodic basis.

7. A system for implementing a web based service for maintaining, and utilizing a database of references, comprising:

a server computer storing references with associated significance values in a database in a computer readable memory, said values rated according to a multidimensional taxonomy of knowledge categories having two or more dimensions; and

a logic mechanism providing mechanisms for searching said database for significant items, using search arguments based on said multidimensional taxonomy.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein said significance values are generated by domain experts.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said domain experts are taken from a group comprising editorial staff of a leading trade journal, academic experts, and one or more other selected leading practitioners in biomedical research.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein the references are related to biomedical related documents.

11. A computer program product on a computed readable medium, comprising;

a first computer readable program mechanism for storing references with associated significance values in a database in a computer readable memory, said significance values developed according to a multidimensional taxonomy of knowledge categories having two or more dimensions; and

a second computer readable program mechanism for searching said database for significant items, using search arguments based on said multidimensional taxonomy.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein said significance values are generated by domain experts.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein said domain experts are taken from a group comprising editorial staff of a leading trade journal, domain experts, and one or more of other selected leading practitioners in biomedical research.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the references are related to biomedical related documents.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 15 comprising an additional act of providing a third computer input interface for use in generating a significance rating for a specific user according to the multidimensional rating taxonomy, whereby this significance rating for a specific user can be used as a search argument to retrieve documents of interest to the specific user from the database.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 15 wherein the target domain is a domain of biomedicine.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 18 comprising an additional act of using a third computer input interface for generating a significance rating for a specific user according to the multidimensional rating taxonomy, whereby this significance rating for a specific user can be used as a search argument to retrieve documents of interest to the specific user from the database.

15. A computer implemented method for developing and using significance ratings for documents comprising the acts of:

a) storing a multidimensional rating taxonomy developed for a target domain;

b) providing a first computer input interface for use in generating a first significance rating for a target document according to the multidimensional rating taxonomy, and linking this first significance rating to the target document in a database;

c) providing a second computer input interface for use in generating a new significance rating for the target document according to the multidimensional rating taxonomy and combining this new significance rating with the first significance rating to produce a revised significance rating; and

d) linking the revised significance rating to the target document in the database.

18. A computer implemented method for developing and using significance ratings for documents comprising the acts of:

a) using a first computer input interface for generating a first significance rating for a target document according to a multidimensional rating taxonomy developed for a biomedical domain, the computer linking this first significance rating to the target document in a database;

b) using a second computer input interface for generating a new significance rating for the target document according to the multidimensional rating taxonomy, wherein the computer combines this new significance rating with the first significance rating to produce a revised significance rating; and

c) the computer further links the revised significance rating to the target document in the database.

20. A computer implemented method for developing and using significance ratings for documents comprising the acts of:

a) storing a multidimensional rating taxonomy developed for a biomedical domain;

b) providing a first computer input interface for use in generating a first significance rating for a target document according to the multidimensional rating taxonomy, and linking this first significance rating to the target document in a database;

c) providing a second computer input interface for use in generating a new significance rating for the target document according to the multidimensional rating taxonomy and combining this new significance rating with the first significance rating to produce a revised significance rating;

d) linking the revised significance rating to the target document in the database;

e) providing a third computer input interface for use in generating a significance rating for a specific user according to the multidimensional rating taxonomy, whereby this significance rating for a specific user can be used as a search argument to retrieve documents of interest to the specific user from the database; and

f) providing a fourth computer input interface for use by a client user to input a comment about a retrieved document, wherein the comment can be linked to the stored copy of the retrieved document.