APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL OF DOCUMENTS
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1. A method of linking documents to queries, comprising the steps of:
- submitting a query for a search process;
displaying a list of references to documents in response to said submission of said query;
tracing at least one activity of the user in reference to said displayed list of references;
creating a link between said query and at least one reference to a document that is interacted by the user; and
storing the link between said query and said at least one reference.
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Abstract
A system for the support and management of search for documents is presents. The system includes knowledge-database, query interface and communication to a database of documents to be searched. Information generated during a search session is collected by the system and is added to the knowledge-database. The information is ranked automatically according to the usage of that information by the user. During successive search session, or during search made by other users, the system uses the knowledge-database to support the users with keywords, queries and reference to documents.
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11 Claims
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1. A method of linking documents to queries, comprising the steps of:
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submitting a query for a search process;
displaying a list of references to documents in response to said submission of said query;
tracing at least one activity of the user in reference to said displayed list of references;
creating a link between said query and at least one reference to a document that is interacted by the user; and
storing the link between said query and said at least one reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of retrieving documents in a document search process, comprising the steps of:
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submitting a first query for a search process;
using said first query to search a query storage for second queries containing at least one keyword of said first query;
retrieving a list of links from said second queries to linked references; and
displaying a list of said references. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method of sorting references to documents for displaying a list of references in a search process, comprising the steps of:
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selecting, by the user, to display one of;
a. references to documents displayed in the past to the user; and
b. references to documents that were never displayed to the user;
for each reference suggested by the search process, checking whether the document of said reference has been displayed before to the user; and
determining the handling of said reference, in conjunction to said displayed reference list according to said user selection. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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