Method of self enhancement of search results through analysis of system logs
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1. An self-enhancing search system comprising:
- a search system analog system that periodically looks through the search system log and identifies search queries that do not bring satisfactory results;
a search query analyzer using one or more of the glossary, synonyms, known typographical errors and translated words to provide alternative query terms;
relevant document finder based on enhanced queries including the alternative query terms to locate documents not found by the original search; and
a linking enhanced query terms with the original search terms to reflect new keywords to be searched.
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Abstract
An automatic search index/meta data self-enhancement system includes a search system log analyzer, which periodically looks through the search system log, of a database, for search queries that did not bring satisfactory results; a search query analyzer which applies query enhancement techniques to the unsatisfactory queries by using glossary terms, synonyms, known typos, translated words, etc. to enhance the queries and categorize them; a relevant document finder which, based on the enhanced query terms and their categorization and subject, uncovers documents that were not previously found and links the documents to the query terms in the search index; and a search index/meta data enhancer, that enhances the meta/data of the documents based on the enhanced query terms in the search index, to reflect these new keywords to allow documents turned up by the enhanced query to be returned when similar future searches are entered by users.
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16 Claims
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1. An self-enhancing search system comprising:
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a search system analog system that periodically looks through the search system log and identifies search queries that do not bring satisfactory results;
a search query analyzer using one or more of the glossary, synonyms, known typographical errors and translated words to provide alternative query terms;
relevant document finder based on enhanced queries including the alternative query terms to locate documents not found by the original search; and
a linking enhanced query terms with the original search terms to reflect new keywords to be searched. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program on a computer useable medium for providing a self-enhancing search system comprising:
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a search system analog system software module that periodically looks through the search system log and identifies search queries that do not bring satisfactory results;
a search query analyzer software module using one or more of the glossary, synonyms, known typographical errors and translated words to provide alternative query terms;
relevant document finder software module based on enhanced queries including the alternative query terms to locate documents not found by the original search; and
a linking software module enhanced query terms with the original search terms to reflect new keywords to be searched. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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