Novel systems and methods for performing contextual information retrieval
First Claim
1. A method for generating a syntactically-accurate response to a query using a statistically-encoded database, the method comprising:
- a) encoding the query to form a query statement consisting of at least one sCLID wherein the sCLID represents a wordset identifying the positional relationship of the words forming the wordset and a frequency value that provides a statistically accurate representation of the information content of the wordset as it exists in the statistically-encoded database;
b) searching the statistically-encoded database using the query statement thereby identifying the syntactically-accurate response; and
, c) providing the user the syntactically-accurate response.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for encoding and retrieving information from a variety of sources using novel search techniques. The systems and methods of the invention are capable of extracting all types of structural and relational information from a query or a source data allowing for the recognition of subtle differences in meaning. The capability of discerning subtle differences in meaning that are beyond the search systems and methods presently available, the invention described herein is capable of repeatedly providing accurate and meaningful responses to a diverse set of queries.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for generating a syntactically-accurate response to a query using a statistically-encoded database, the method comprising:
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a) encoding the query to form a query statement consisting of at least one sCLID wherein the sCLID represents a wordset identifying the positional relationship of the words forming the wordset and a frequency value that provides a statistically accurate representation of the information content of the wordset as it exists in the statistically-encoded database;
b) searching the statistically-encoded database using the query statement thereby identifying the syntactically-accurate response; and
,c) providing the user the syntactically-accurate response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for generating a syntactically-accurate response to a query using a statistically-encoded database comprising:
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a) a first user interface for receiving the query;
b) a processing module (AKA a processing object) for encoding the query to form a query statement consisting of at least one sCLID wherein the sCLID represents a wordset identifying the positional relationship of the words forming the wordset and a frequency value that provides a statistically accurate representation of the information content of the wordset as it exists in the statistically-encoded database;
c) a search module for identifying the syntactically-accurate response from the statistically-encoded database using the query statement; and
,d) a second user interface for providing the syntactically-accurate response to a user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of efficiently storing information in an encoded database comprising a plurality of unique wordsets, each wordset associated with a link count, the method comprising:
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a) retrieving a document; and
,b) processing the document by;
i) extracting one or more sentences from the document;
ii) parsing each sentence into one or more wordsets wherein (a) each wordset includes a plurality of words;
(b) words within each wordset are positionally related to each other based on a pre-defined word distance; and
,(c) all words in the sentence are initially a member of at least one wordset;
iii) comparing parsed wordsets to stored wordsets in the encoded database wherein parsed wordsets not present in the encoded database are stored in the encoded database;
iv) associating each word in each sentence to a wordset in the encoded database;
v) incrementing the associated link count for each wordset present in the encoded database and the parsed sentence; and
,vi) associating the document to the parsed sentence.
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