System and method for management of synonymic searching
First Claim
1. A method for computerized searching for desired information from a corpus of information, the method comprising:
- receiving a query for desired information; and
receiving input tuning an amount of synonymic broadening to be applied to said received query for constructing a synonymic search query to be utilized for searching for said desired information.
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Abstract
A system and method for computerized searching for desired information from a corpus of information are provided. In one embodiment, a query for desired information is received by a synonymic search application. Also received is input tuning the amount of synonymic broadening to be applied to the received query for constructing a synonymic search query to be utilized for searching for the desired information. In another embodiment, a synonymic search application performs a synonymic search query for desired information from a corpus of information, wherein the synonymic search query comprises a plurality of queries that are synonymous in meaning. Identification of resulting documents responsive to each of the plurality of queries is received, and such received documents are ranked based at least in part on a weighting assigned to each of the plurality of queries.
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50 Claims
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1. A method for computerized searching for desired information from a corpus of information, the method comprising:
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receiving a query for desired information; and
receiving input tuning an amount of synonymic broadening to be applied to said received query for constructing a synonymic search query to be utilized for searching for said desired information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Computer-executable software code stored on a computer-readable medium, said computer-executable software code comprising:
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code for presenting a user-interface that enables a user to tune an amount of synonymic broadening to be applied to an input query; and
code responsive to received tuning input for generating a synonymic search query having a desired breadth for searching a corpus of information for desired information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for generating a synonymic search query for searching for desired information from a corpus of information, said system comprising:
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means for receiving a query for desired information;
means for determining at least one synonymic query that is synonymous in meaning with said received query;
means for receiving input tuning a number (Q) of synonymic queries to be included in a constructed synonymic search query; and
means for constructing a synonymic search query having Q number of synonymic queries. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for computerized searching for desired information from a corpus of information, the method comprising:
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performing a synonymic search query for desired information from a corpus of information, said synonymic search query comprising a plurality of queries that are synonymous in meaning;
receiving identification of resulting documents responsive to each of said plurality of queries; and
ranking said received documents based at least in part on a weighting assigned to each of said plurality of queries. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. Computer-executable software code stored on a computer-readable medium, said computer-executable software code comprising:
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code for performing a synonymic search query for desired information from a corpus of information, said synonymic search query comprising a plurality of queries that are synonymous in meaning; and
code for receiving identification of resulting documents responsive to each of said plurality of queries; and
code for ranking said received documents based at least in part on a weighting assigned to each of said plurality of queries. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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