Search Engine
First Claim
1. A search engine comprising a computer for retrieving documents from a computer implemented database, the engine comprising a semantic document editor residing on the computer that is operable to allow a user to edit an existing document by creating at least one searchable compound word that contains information contextually relevant to the contents of the document and associate the at least one created compound word with the document to produce an enhanced document having the compounds word associated therewith, a computer implemented database for storing a plurality of enhanced documents, a semantic rule engine residing on the computer that is operable to generate and store rules each of which includes at least one compound word derived from at least one of the enhanced documents, a semantic searching means residing on the computer that uses a selected enhanced document to generate at least one searchable compound word associated with the selected enhanced document, and a search module residing on the computer for searching the rules to find at least one rule specifying the at least one searchable compound word and at least one additional compound word to generate a set of candidate rules as rules which are possibly relevant to the selected enhanced document, and a module residing on the computer for processing the set of candidate rules and adding to the selected enhanced document additional compound words specified in at least one of the rules in the set of candidate rules where the respective rule is satisfied for the selected enhanced document, a semantic query editor residing on the computer operable to enable a searcher to address the database of enhanced documents with a query, said query editor being operable to receive the query and convert it into at least one query searchable compound word that contains contextually relevant information, and a search module residing on the computer operable to receive the at least one query searchable compound word and to locate the relevant enhanced documents that have compound words associated with the document matching the at least one query searchable compound word, and an output module for presenting any located documents to the searcher.
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Abstract
A search engine for retrieving documents from a database including a semantic document editor that allows a user to edit an existing document by creating searchable compound words that contains information contextually relevant to the contents of the document. The editor associates the created compound words with the document to produce an enhanced document having the compounds words associated therewith. A database is provided for storing enhanced documents and a semantic query editor is provided that enables a searcher to address the database of enhanced documents with a query. The query editor receives the query and converts it into one or more compound search words that contain contextually relevant information. A search module is provided that receives the searchable compound words and locates the relevant enhanced documents that have compound words associated with the document matching the searchable compound words. An output module presents any located documents to the searcher.
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Citations
20 Claims
- 1. A search engine comprising a computer for retrieving documents from a computer implemented database, the engine comprising a semantic document editor residing on the computer that is operable to allow a user to edit an existing document by creating at least one searchable compound word that contains information contextually relevant to the contents of the document and associate the at least one created compound word with the document to produce an enhanced document having the compounds word associated therewith, a computer implemented database for storing a plurality of enhanced documents, a semantic rule engine residing on the computer that is operable to generate and store rules each of which includes at least one compound word derived from at least one of the enhanced documents, a semantic searching means residing on the computer that uses a selected enhanced document to generate at least one searchable compound word associated with the selected enhanced document, and a search module residing on the computer for searching the rules to find at least one rule specifying the at least one searchable compound word and at least one additional compound word to generate a set of candidate rules as rules which are possibly relevant to the selected enhanced document, and a module residing on the computer for processing the set of candidate rules and adding to the selected enhanced document additional compound words specified in at least one of the rules in the set of candidate rules where the respective rule is satisfied for the selected enhanced document, a semantic query editor residing on the computer operable to enable a searcher to address the database of enhanced documents with a query, said query editor being operable to receive the query and convert it into at least one query searchable compound word that contains contextually relevant information, and a search module residing on the computer operable to receive the at least one query searchable compound word and to locate the relevant enhanced documents that have compound words associated with the document matching the at least one query searchable compound word, and an output module for presenting any located documents to the searcher.
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13. A method of searching for rules in a rules database to associate with a target document, each rule in at least a subset of the rules in the database being associated with at least one document component and the method comprising the steps of:
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analysing the content of the target document to identify a plurality of document components; in respect of each identified document component, determining whether there is at least one respective rule associated with the document component in the rules database; identifying a set of document components from the identified document components where it has been determined for each member in the set that there is at least one rule associated with that document component; in respect of at least one combination of the document components in the set of documents components, determining whether there is at least one respective rule associated with the at least one combination of document components in the rules database comprises; and selecting from the database at least one rule to associate with the target document, said at least one rule having been determined in the preceding step to be associated with the at least one combination of document components. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 19)
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16. A computer arranged under the control of software for searching for rules in a rules database to associate with a target document, each rule in at least a subset of the rules in the database being associated with at least one document component and the computer being arranged to carry out the steps of:
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analysing the content of the target document to identify a plurality of document components; in respect of each identified document component, determining whether there is at least one respective rule associated with the document component in the rules database; identifying a set of document components from the identified document components where it has been determined for each member in the set that there is at least one rule associated with that document component; in respect of at least one combination of the document components in the set of documents components, determining whether there is at least one respective rule associated with the at least one combination of document components in the rules database comprises; and selecting from the database at least one rule to associate with the target document, said at least one rule having been determined in the preceding step to be associated with the at least one combination of document components.
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17. A method of adding a rule to a rules database comprising the steps of:
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presenting a document to a user; allowing the user to edit the document; capturing an edit made to the document; requesting from the user, a reason for the edit made; capturing the reason; constructing a rule based on the edit made and the reason given; displaying to a user at least one of;
a summary of documents affected by the constructed rule and at least one document modified in accordance with the constructed rule;seeking confirmation from the user as to whether the rule should be added to the rules database; and if confirmation is provided, adding the rule to the database. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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18. A computer arranged under the control of software to:
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present a document to a user; allow the user to edit the document; capture an edit made to the document; request from the user, a reason for the edit made; capture the reason; construct a rule based on the edit made and the reason given; display to a user at least one of;
a summary of documents affected by the constructed rule and at least one document modified in accordance with the constructed rule;seek confirmation from the user as to whether the rule should be added to the rules database; and if confirmation is provided, add the rule to the database.
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Specification