SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING RESULTS OF GEOGRAPHIC TEXT SEARCHES
First Claim
1. An interface program stored on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of:
- accepting search criteria from a user, the search criteria including a free-text query and a domain identifier, the domain identifier identifying a domain in a metric vector space;
in response to accepting the search criteria from the user, obtaining a set of document-location tuples from a corpus of documents, each document-location tuple satisfying the search criteria from the user;
determining whether the document-location tuples are associated with a single document or are associated with a plurality of documents;
if the document-location tuples are associated with multiple documents;
displaying on the display device a visual representation of the domain identified by the domain identifier;
displaying a plurality of visual indicators representing the document-location tuples; and
for each document-location tuple, displaying a document summary including an identifier for the document, and a document text substring shorter than a specified maximum length;
if the document-location tuples are associated with a single document;
displaying on the display device a visual representation of the domain identified by the domain identifier;
displaying a plurality of visual indicators representing the document-location tuples;
displaying a document summary including an identifier for the document; and
displaying a document text substring having a length longer than the specified maximum length.
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Abstract
Under one aspect, an interface program causes a computer system to accept search criteria including a free-text query and a domain identifier identifying a domain in a metric vector space; obtaining a set of document-location tuples satisfying the search criteria from a corpus of documents; and determining whether the tuples are associated with a single document or a plurality of documents. If the tuples are associated with multiple documents, the program causes the computer to display a visual domain representation, visual indicators representing the tuples, and, for each tuple, a document summary including a document identifier and a document text substring shorter than a specified length. If the tuples are associated with a single document, the program causes the computer to display a visual domain representation, visual indicators representing the tuples, a document summary including an identifier for the document, and a document text substring longer than the specified length.
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16 Claims
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1. An interface program stored on a computer-readable medium for causing a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of:
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accepting search criteria from a user, the search criteria including a free-text query and a domain identifier, the domain identifier identifying a domain in a metric vector space;
in response to accepting the search criteria from the user, obtaining a set of document-location tuples from a corpus of documents, each document-location tuple satisfying the search criteria from the user;
determining whether the document-location tuples are associated with a single document or are associated with a plurality of documents;
if the document-location tuples are associated with multiple documents;
displaying on the display device a visual representation of the domain identified by the domain identifier;
displaying a plurality of visual indicators representing the document-location tuples; and
for each document-location tuple, displaying a document summary including an identifier for the document, and a document text substring shorter than a specified maximum length;
if the document-location tuples are associated with a single document;
displaying on the display device a visual representation of the domain identified by the domain identifier;
displaying a plurality of visual indicators representing the document-location tuples;
displaying a document summary including an identifier for the document; and
displaying a document text substring having a length longer than the specified maximum length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of displaying information about document-location tuples, the method comprising:
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accepting search criteria from a user, the search criteria including a free-text query and a domain identifier, the domain identifier identifying a domain in a metric vector space;
in response to accepting the search criteria from the user, obtaining a set of document-location tuples from a corpus of documents, each document-location tuple satisfying the search criteria from the user;
determining whether the document-location tuples are associated with a single document or are associated with a plurality of documents;
if the document-location tuples are associated with multiple documents;
displaying on the display device a visual representation of the domain identified by the domain identifier;
displaying a plurality of visual indicators representing the document-location tuples; and
for each document-location tuple, displaying a document summary including an identifier for the document, and a document text substring shorter than a specified maximum length;
if the document-location tuples are associated with a single document;
displaying on the display device a visual representation of the domain identified by the domain identifier;
displaying a plurality of visual indicators representing the document-location tuples;
displaying a document summary including an identifier for the document; and
displaying a document text substring having a length longer than the specified maximum length. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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