Intelligent search and retrieval system and method

• US 20050187923A1
• Filed: 02/18/2005
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Factiva Incorporated, Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC (News Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC (News Corporation)
• Inventors: Cipollone, Peter M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,836,083 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence

Abstract

An intelligent search and retrieval system and method is provided to allow an end-user effortless access yet most relevant, meaningful, up-to-date, and precise search results as quickly and efficiently as possible. The method may include providing a query profiler having a taxonomy database; receiving a query from a user; accessing the taxonomy database of the query profiler to identify a plurality of codes that are relevant to the query; augmenting the query using the codes to generate feedback information to the user for query refinement, the feedback information including a plurality of query terms associated with the query and to be selected by the user; presenting the feedback information to the user; receiving one of the query terms from the user; and identifying a source of the query term and presenting to the user. The system may include a query profiler having a taxonomy database to be accessed upon receiving a query from a user, which identifies a plurality of codes that are relevant to the query; means for augmenting the query using the codes to generate feedback information to the user for query refinement, the feedback information including a plurality of query terms associated with the query and to be selected by the user; and means for identifying a source of the query term, upon receiving one of the query terms from the user.

Claims

1. An intelligent search and retrieval method, comprising the steps of:

providing a query profiler having a taxonomy database;

receiving a query from a user;

accessing the taxonomy database of the query profiler to identify a plurality of codes that are relevant to the query;

augmenting the query using the codes to generate feedback information to the user for query refinement, the feedback information including a plurality of query terms associated with the query and to be selected by the user;

presenting the feedback information to the user;

receiving one of the query terms from the user; and

identifying a source of the query term and presenting to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the taxonomy database of the query profiler comprises a timing identifier for identifying a timing range, wherein the method further comprises receiving the query with a time range and identifying the source of the query term with the time range.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the taxonomy database of the query profiler comprises a query term ranking module, wherein the module provides a relevance score corresponding to the number of times the query term appears in documents containing the corresponding code and the number of documents for which the query term and the corresponding code appear together.

4. An intelligent search and retrieval system, comprising:

a query profiler having a taxonomy database to be accessed upon receiving a query from a user, which identifies a plurality of codes that are relevant to the query;

means for augmenting the query using the codes to generate feedback information to the user for query refinement, the feedback information including a plurality of query terms associated with the query and to be selected by the user; and

means for identifying a source of the query term, upon receiving one of the query terms from the user.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the taxonomy database of the query profiler comprises a timing identifier for identifying a timing range, wherein the method further comprises receiving the query with a time range and identifying the source of the query term with the time range.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the taxonomy database of the query profiler comprises a query term ranking module, wherein the module provides a relevance score corresponding to the number of times the query term appears in documents containing the corresponding code and the number of documents for which the query term and the corresponding code appear together.

7. An intelligent search and retrieval method, comprising the steps of:

providing a query profiler having a taxonomy database;

receiving a query from a user;

accessing the taxonomy database of the query profiler to identify a plurality of codes that are relevant to the query;

augmenting the query using the codes to generate feedback information, the feedback information including a plurality of query terms associated with the query;

presenting the feedback information to the user;

receiving one of the query terms; and

identifying a source of the query term and presenting to the user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the taxonomy database of the query profiler comprises a timing identifier for identifying a timing range, wherein the method further comprises receiving the query with a time range and identifying the source of the query term with the time range.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the taxonomy database of the query profiler comprises a query term ranking module, wherein the module provides a relevance score corresponding to the number of times the query term appears in documents containing the corresponding code and the number of documents for which the query term and the corresponding code appear together.

10. An intelligent search and retrieval system, comprising:

a query profiler having a taxonomy database to be accessed upon receiving a query from a user, which identifies a plurality of codes that are relevant to the query;

means for augmenting the query using the codes to generate feedback information, the feedback information including a plurality of query terms associated with the query; and

means for identifying a source of the query term and presenting to the user, upon receiving one of the query terms.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the taxonomy database of the query profiler comprises a timing identifier for identifying a timing range, wherein the method further comprises receiving the query with a time range and identifying the source of the query term with the time range.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the taxonomy database of the query profiler comprises a query term ranking module, wherein the module provides a relevance score corresponding to the number of times the query term appears in documents containing the corresponding code and the number of documents for which the query term and the corresponding code appear together.