Refining A Search Space In Response To User Input
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1. A method comprising:
- searching a search space of a corpus to yield a plurality of results, the corpus comprising a plurality of documents associated with a plurality of keywords, each document associated with at least one keyword indicating at least one theme of the document;
determining that one or more keywords are irrelevant keywords; and
refining the search according to the irrelevant keywords.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a search space of a corpus is searched to yield results. The corpus comprises documents associated with keywords, where each document is associated with at least one keyword indicating at least one theme of the document. One or more keywords are determined to be irrelevant keywords. The search space is refined according to the irrelevant keywords.
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1. A method comprising:
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searching a search space of a corpus to yield a plurality of results, the corpus comprising a plurality of documents associated with a plurality of keywords, each document associated with at least one keyword indicating at least one theme of the document; determining that one or more keywords are irrelevant keywords; and refining the search according to the irrelevant keywords. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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14. One or more tangible computer-readable media encoding software operable when executed to:
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search a search space of a corpus to yield a plurality of results, the corpus comprising a plurality of documents associated with a plurality of keywords, each document associated with at least one keyword indicating at least one theme of the document; determine that one or more keywords are irrelevant keywords; and refine the search space according to the irrelevant keywords.
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