Information storage and retrieval
First Claim
1. An information retrieval system in which a set of distinct information items map to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, so that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes;
- the system comprising;
a user control for defining a search criterion for selecting information items;
a detector for detecting those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items;
a graphical user interface for displaying display points representing those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items; and
a processor, responsive to the selected information items defined by the search criterion, for providing one or more representations representative of the information content of the selected information items.
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Abstract
An information retrieval system in which a set of distinct information items map to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, so that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes; the system comprising: a user control for defining a search criterion for selecting information items; a detector for detecting those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items; a graphical user interface for displaying a two-dimensional display array of display points representing those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items; and a processor responsive to the selected information items, for providing a representation which is generally representative of the information content of the selected information items.
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39 Claims
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1. An information retrieval system in which a set of distinct information items map to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, so that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes;
- the system comprising;
a user control for defining a search criterion for selecting information items;
a detector for detecting those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items;
a graphical user interface for displaying display points representing those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items; and
a processor, responsive to the selected information items defined by the search criterion, for providing one or more representations representative of the information content of the selected information items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- the system comprising;
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21. An information retrieval method in which a set of distinct information items map to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, so that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes;
- the method comprising the steps of;
defining a search criterion for selecting information items;
detecting those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items;
displaying at least display points which are at positions representing those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items; and
in response to the selected information items defined by the search criterion, providing one or more representations representative of the information content of the selected information items. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
- the method comprising the steps of;
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34. A user interface of an information retrieval system in which a set of distinct information items map to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, so that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes;
- the interface comprising;
a user control for defining a search criterion for selecting information items; and
a graphical user interface arranged to displaying display points representing those positions within the array of nodes corresponding to the selected information items and to display one or more representations representative of the information content of the information items selected by the search criterion. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
- the interface comprising;
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