Document search and analyzing method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A document search method in a communication network, comprising the steps of. a) providing one or more hierarchical query data structures (ontologies) containing a plurality of search terms (concepts), b) displaying a graphical representation of the query data structure on a display screen, c) providing a user interface for selecting search terms out of one of the query data structures to form a query using the graphical representation, d) carrying out a document search based on the search terms selected from the query data structure, and e) outputting the found documents as search result.
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Abstract
A document search system comprises an ontology editor including a graphical user interface for creating and modifying a hierarchical query data structure (ontology) containing a plurality of search terms (concepts), a scanner scanning a communication network and providing a scan list, an ontology indexer matching the documents stored in the scan list with the search terms contained in the query data structure (ontology) and indexing the documents dependent on the occurrence of one or more of the search terms in the document, and a display unit for displaying the indexed documents in a hierarchical order. It further comprises a graphical user interface for selecting search terms from the query data structure (ontology); thus formulating a query, and another one for displaying graphical representations of results of the search and for controlling the graphical representations. And it further comprises a user interface for selecting one or more document sets (e.g. websites) or documents which are not scanned and indexed at the time, to scan and index them on the fly and make them searchable immediately after the scan and index job is finished.
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41 Claims
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1. A document search method in a communication network, comprising the steps of.
a) providing one or more hierarchical query data structures (ontologies) containing a plurality of search terms (concepts), b) displaying a graphical representation of the query data structure on a display screen, c) providing a user interface for selecting search terms out of one of the query data structures to form a query using the graphical representation, d) carrying out a document search based on the search terms selected from the query data structure, and e) outputting the found documents as search result.
- 7. A hierarchical query data structure (ontology) administration method in a communication network, wherein the multiple use of a search term in the query data structure is checked.
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16. A document search method in a communication network, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a query data structure (ontology) containing a plurality of search terms, b) carrying out a document search based on search terms selected from the query data structure, c) generating a graphical representation of the search result dependent on the match properties of the searched documents and a set of additional result parameters, d) providing a user interface for controlling the graphical representation of the search result dependent on the match properties and/or the result properties, and e) displaying the graphical representation of the search result on a display medium. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25)
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30. A document search system, comprising:
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an ontology editor including a graphical user interface for creating and/or modifying a hierarchical query data structure (ontology) containing a plurality of search terms, a scanner scanning a communication network and providing a scan list, containing descriptions of scanned documents, an ontology indexer matching the descriptions of documents stored in the scan list with the search terms contained in the query data structure (ontology) and indexing the documents dependent on the occurrence of one or more of the search terms in the document, and a display unit for displaying the indexed documents in a hierarchical order. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A server computer system including one or more server computers, comprising:
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a scanner scanning a communications network and providing a scan list, a client interface for creating and/or modifying, from a client device, a query data structure (ontology) containing a plurality of search terms in a hierarchical order, an ontology indexer matching the documents stored in the scan list with the search terms contained in the query data structure (ontology) and indexing the documents dependent on the occurrence of one or more of the search terms in the document, a client interface for selecting, from a client device, certain search terms from a query data structure, and an output client interface for outputting search results for display on a client device.
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36. A document search system, comprising:
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an input unit for selecting search terms from a query data structure comprising a plurality of search terms (concepts), a search unit for carrying out a document search based on the query data structure, a result building unit for generating a graphical representation of the search result dependent on the match properties of the searched documents and on additional result parameters, a control unit for controlling the graphical representation of the search result dependent on the match properties and result properties, and a display unit for displaying the graphical representation of the search result. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A document search method in a communication network, comprising the steps of.
a) providing a query data structure (ontology) containing a plurality of search terms, b) providing a user interface for selecting one or more document sets (e.g. websites) or documents which are not scanned and indexed at the time, c) carrying out a scanning and indexing (ontology index and/or full text index) job for this one or more document sets or documents, d) carrying out a search in this items based on search terms selected from the query data structure and/or on full text search, e) generating a graphical representation of the search result dependent on the match properties of the searched documents and a set of additional result parameters, f) providing a user interface for controlling the graphical representation of the search result dependent on the match properties and/or the result properties, and g) displaying the graphical representation of the search result on a display medium.
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41. A data structure representing a search result of a document search in a communication network, comprising:
identifiers of the documents representing the search result, wherein the documents are arranged in a hierarchical structure dependent on match properties of the searched documents and on additional result properties representing further characteristics of a searched document and/or the server on which the document has been found.
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