Internet and computer information retrieval and mining with intelligent conceptual filtering, visualization and automation
First Claim
1. A method to generate a search query using a description provided by a user comprising extracting a first set of one or more words or phrases or sentences from the description;
- expanding the first set by generating a second set of one or more words or phrases or sentences that are conceptually related to one or more words or phrases or sentences in the first set; and
, submitting the second set as the description of a search to a first search program to perform a search for files containing some or all of the words or phrases or sentences in the second set.
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Abstract
The present invention presents embodiments of methods, systems, and computer-readable media for the retrieval, mining, filtering and visualization of information stored on a plural of computers connected to the Internet and on a local computer. Embodiments of this invention generate a conceptual search query using a description provided by a user, perform user selectable conceptual filtering of search results, concept following and link following to expand search results, search for files that may or may not contain certain information, rank concepts contained in search results or one or more files, compute relevancy rank of a file in search results, use conceptual path maps to display logic or statistical relationships among search results, monitor changes in information in a search or a file, and protect files or searches based on information contents.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to generate a search query using a description provided by a user comprising extracting a first set of one or more words or phrases or sentences from the description;
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expanding the first set by generating a second set of one or more words or phrases or sentences that are conceptually related to one or more words or phrases or sentences in the first set; and
,submitting the second set as the description of a search to a first search program to perform a search for files containing some or all of the words or phrases or sentences in the second set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for searching information comprising
providing an interface to accept from a user a first description and a second description that define a search; searching for one or more files or similar information containing objects that contain some or all of the information in the first description, and contain none or some or all of the information in the second description. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for searching information comprising
extracting a first set of one or more information elements from a second set of one or more files or parts thereof; -
selecting a third set of one or more of the information elements in the first set; and
,using the third set to obtain a fourth set of one or more files or parts thereof. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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