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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DOCUMENT SUMMARY

  • US 20030079185A1
  • Filed: 12/18/1998
  • Published: 04/24/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a computer system for generating a summary of a document, the document having sentences, the sentences being ordered, the method comprising:

  • providing a weight for each of a plurality of the sentences, the weight indicating importance of the sentence to the document;

    selecting sentences based on the provided weights of the sentences; and

    creating a summary of the selected sentences such that selected sentences are ordered in the created summary in the same relative order as in the document.

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