Concept mining and concept discovery-semantic search tool for large digital databases
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1. A method comprising:
- searching a digital text database for results that include a super-ordinate concept in a particular context by specifying;
a) a lexical label of said super-ordinate concept, b) lexical labels of two or more sub-ordinate concepts that co-occur when said super-ordinate concept is present, and c) said particular context, wherein searching said database takes into account that said lexical labels do not accept synonyms.
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Abstract
The conceptual content of a discipline may be mapped by systematically identifying hierarchical and lateral links among lexical labels of the discipline. The hierarchical links connect a super-ordinate (or “parent”) concept to its sub-ordinate (or “child”) concepts. The lateral links provide relations between the concepts. Lexical labels do not accept synonyms; however, relations do accept synonyms. Conceptual content of documents in a digital text database may be identified, and documents may be subsequently sorted and ranked by their conceptual content.
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1. A method comprising:
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searching a digital text database for results that include a super-ordinate concept in a particular context by specifying;
a) a lexical label of said super-ordinate concept, b) lexical labels of two or more sub-ordinate concepts that co-occur when said super-ordinate concept is present, and c) said particular context, wherein searching said database takes into account that said lexical labels do not accept synonyms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method comprising:
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searching a digital text database for initial results that include a super-ordinate concept in a particular context by specifying a lexical label of said super-ordinate concept and by specifying said particular context;
identifying from said initial results lexical labels of two or more sub-ordinate concepts that co-occur when said super-ordinate concept is present; and
searching said database for refined results by specifying a) said lexical label of said super-ordinate concept, b) said lexical labels of said two or more sub-ordinate concepts, and c) said particular context. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
mapping conceptual content of a discipline by systematically identifying hierarchical and lateral links among lexical labels of said discipline. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An article having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a computing platform, result in:
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presenting a user-interface to enable specification of search terms including at least;
a) a lexical label of said super-ordinate concept, b) lexical labels of two or more sub-ordinate concepts that must co-occur for said super-ordinate concept to be present, and c) said particular context; and
providing said search terms to a search engine, taking into account that said lexical labels do not accept synonyms. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An article having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a computing platform, result in:
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presenting a user-interface to enable specification of search terms including at least;
a) a lexical label of said super-ordinate concept, and b) said particular context;
providing said search terms to a search engine, taking into account that said lexical label does not accept synonyms, to generate results;
displaying portions of text of said results that precede said lexical label of said super-ordinate concept;
displaying portions of text of said results that follow said lexical label of said super-ordinate concept; and
counting a frequency of words in said displayed portions of text according to one or more criteria. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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