Method, System, and Apparatus for Delivering Query Results from an Electronic Document Collection
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for assigning relevancy to results of a search on an electronic document collection comprising:
- compiling and indexing a collection of intellectual property documents, each of the documents in the collection having multiple sections;
identifying each of the sections of each document in the collection;
organizing a search profile for the document collection, wherein the search profile includes a selection of at least one of the identified sections of each document in the compiled collection;
within the organized search profile, assigning a weight to each of the identified and selected sections;
at query time, submitting a query to the patent document collection, including selecting at least one search profile, and comparing query data with data in each of the document sections of the selected profile in the collection with an assigned weight;
computing a relevancy score for each document returned in a compilation of documents generated from said query submission;
ranking the documents in the compilation based upon the computed relevancy score;
dynamically limiting results in the compilation based upon the ranking; and
a first compilation of sorted relevant documents based upon the dynamic limit applied to the compilation.
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Abstract
A method, system, and article are provided for efficiently and effectively searching an electronic document collection. Each of the documents in the collection is pre-divided into sub-sections. One or more profiles are created, each including a selection of at least one of the sections of the documents in the collection. In addition, a weight is assigned to each of the selected sections in the profile. Based upon the parameters of a query and selection of a profile, select sub-sections of each document are employed to compare query data to the underlying document collection. A compilation of documents is created with data matching the query data, and a relevancy score is computed for each document in the compilation. The relevancy score is then leveraged to sort the documents in a manner to convey relevancy to the query submission.
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35 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for assigning relevancy to results of a search on an electronic document collection comprising:
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compiling and indexing a collection of intellectual property documents, each of the documents in the collection having multiple sections; identifying each of the sections of each document in the collection; organizing a search profile for the document collection, wherein the search profile includes a selection of at least one of the identified sections of each document in the compiled collection; within the organized search profile, assigning a weight to each of the identified and selected sections; at query time, submitting a query to the patent document collection, including selecting at least one search profile, and comparing query data with data in each of the document sections of the selected profile in the collection with an assigned weight; computing a relevancy score for each document returned in a compilation of documents generated from said query submission; ranking the documents in the compilation based upon the computed relevancy score; dynamically limiting results in the compilation based upon the ranking; and a first compilation of sorted relevant documents based upon the dynamic limit applied to the compilation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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14. A system comprising:
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a processor in communication with memory and storage media; a collection of intellectual property documents retained on the storage media, with each of the documents in the collection having multiple sections; a director in communication with the processor and to compile and index the collection of documents; a document manager in communication with the director, the document manager to identify each section of each document in the collection; a profile manager, in communication with the document manager, the profile manager to organize a search profile for the document collection, wherein the search profile includes a selection of at least one of the identified sections of each document in the compiled collection; the profile manager to assign a weight to each of the identified and selected section with the organized search profile; at query time, a query manager to submit a query to the document collection, the query to include selection of at least one search profile and comparison of query data with data in each of the document sections of the selected profile in the collection having an assigned weight, said query resulting in a compilation of relevant documents generated from said query submission and returned from the query manager, with each document having a match of the query to data in at least one identified profile section having an assigned weight and a relevancy score; a relevancy navigator in communication with the query manager, the relevancy navigator to rank the documents in the compilation based upon the relevancy score and to dynamically limit results in the compilation based upon the rank; and a first compilation of sorted relevant documents based upon the dynamic limit application to the compilation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An article configured to assign relevancy to results of a search on an electronic patent document collection on computer memory, the article comprising:
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a computer-readable carrier including computer program instructions to perform a relevancy assignment, the instructions comprising; instructions to compile and index a collection of intellectual property documents, each of the documents in the collection having multiple sections; instructions to identify each of the sections of each document in the collection; instructions to organize a search profile for the document collection, wherein the search profile includes a selection of at least one of the identified sections of each document in the compiled collection; instructions to assign a weight to each of the identified and selected sections within the organized search profile; instructions to submit a query to the patent document collection at query time, including selection of at least one search profile, and comparison of query data with data in each of the document sections of the selected profile in the collection with an assigned weight; and instructions to compute a relevancy score for each document returned in a compilation of documents generated from the query submission and to rank the documents in the compilation based upon the computed relevancy score; instructions to dynamically limit results in the compilation based upon the rank; and a first compilation of sorted relevant documents with the sort based upon the dynamic limit applied to the compilation. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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