Intent match search engine
First Claim
1. A method for a query based search engine that searches a database of linked documents, comprising:
- (1.a) computing reliability degrees of the documents;
(1.b) abstracting each document to generate its abstracts;
(1.c) providing a search query interface so that a user can use to enter a search query;
(1.d) processing the search query to generate an intent match criterion;
(1.e) identifying matched documents according to the generated intent match criterion;
(1.f) computing relevance degrees of the matched documents;
(1.g) setting order of the matched documents; and
(1.h) presenting the matched documents to the user according to the set order by displaying the following items for each matched document;
a link to the matched document, an abstract of the matched document if there are abstracts of the matched document, and a match in the matched document if there are matches in the matched document.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for a query based search engine that searches a database of linked documents. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus computes reliability degrees of the documents, abstracts each document to generate its abstracts, provides a search query interface so that a user can use to enter a search query, processes the search query to generate an intent match criterion, identifies matched documents according to the generated intent match criterion, computes relevance degrees of the matched documents, sets order of the matched documents, and presents the matched documents to the user according to the set order by displaying the following items for each matched document: a link to the matched document, an abstract of the matched document if there are abstracts of the matched document, and a match in the matched document if there are matches in the matched document.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for a query based search engine that searches a database of linked documents, comprising:
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(1.a) computing reliability degrees of the documents; (1.b) abstracting each document to generate its abstracts; (1.c) providing a search query interface so that a user can use to enter a search query; (1.d) processing the search query to generate an intent match criterion; (1.e) identifying matched documents according to the generated intent match criterion; (1.f) computing relevance degrees of the matched documents; (1.g) setting order of the matched documents; and (1.h) presenting the matched documents to the user according to the set order by displaying the following items for each matched document;
a link to the matched document, an abstract of the matched document if there are abstracts of the matched document, and a match in the matched document if there are matches in the matched document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A query based search engine that searches a database of linked documents, comprising:
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(12.a) first means for computing reliability degrees of the documents; (12.b) second means for abstracting each document to generate its abstracts; (12.c) a search query interface so that a user can use to enter a search query; (12.d) third means for processing the search query to generate an intent match criterion; (12.e) fourth means for identifying matched documents according to the generated intent match criterion; (12.f) fifth means for computing relevance degrees of the matched documents; (12.g) sixth means for setting order of the matched documents; and (12.h) seventh means for presenting the matched documents to the user according to the set order by displaying the following items for each matched document;
a link to the matched document, an abstract of the matched document if there are abstracts of the matched document, and a match in the matched document if there are matches in the matched document. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for abstracting a document in a database of linked documents to generate abstracts of the document comprising utilizing cross references among the documents to generate the abstracts.
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20. A method for presenting a matched document to a user of a query based search engine that searches a database of linked documents comprising displaying the following items for the matched document:
- a link to the matched document, an abstract of the matched document if there are abstracts of the matched document, and a match in the matched document if there are matches in the matched document.
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