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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING A DOCUMENT INDEX

  • US 20090228442A1
  • Filed: 03/10/2008
  • Published: 09/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for building a document index or a vertical index, the method comprising:

  • (A) obtaining a first document, wherein the first document comprises code for a web page that corresponds to the first document;

    (B) rendering a static graphic representation of the web page corresponding to the first document, wherein the rendering comprises generating a word map for the static graphic representation that comprises, for each respective word in a plurality of words in the first document, each area in the static graphic representation that is occupied by the respective word;

    (C) storing the word map for the web page, wherein the word map comprises (i) an instance of a first word, (ii) an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate that represents where the instance of the first word appears in the static graphic representation of the web page, and (iii) a size of the area in the static graphic representation of the web page occupied by the instance of the first word; and

    (D) building the document index or the vertical index comprising a plurality of documents, the plurality of documents comprising the first document, wherein the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate that represents where the instance of the first word that appears in the static graphic representation of the web page or the size of the area in the static graphic representation of the web page occupied by the instance of the first word is used as a feature of the first document that is indexed in the document index or the vertical index.

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