Systems and Methods for Indexing Information for a Search Engine
First Claim
1. A system for forming an index of an information repository, wherein the system is stored on a computer-readable medium, the system comprises:
- an Acquisitioner module that locates a plurality of documents within the repository;
a Formatter module that refines the documents located by the Acquisitioner module; and
an Indexer module that forms a numerical matrix from the refined documents, wherein the numerical matrix is the index.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention form an information set from the current set of index information available by the operations of the pre-search and runtime Search components of the search engine. A search request that contains search terms and/or other search criteria (e.g. date or file type) is entered by a user through an input interface. The search terms and the information set are worked through the search engine modules to provide the actual results sought by the user. These results are provided to the user via an output interface. Embodiments involve scanning the repository for documents that comprise at least one information type, and forming a numerical matrix from the scanned documents.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for forming an index of an information repository, wherein the system is stored on a computer-readable medium, the system comprises:
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an Acquisitioner module that locates a plurality of documents within the repository; a Formatter module that refines the documents located by the Acquisitioner module; and an Indexer module that forms a numerical matrix from the refined documents, wherein the numerical matrix is the index. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for forming an index of an information repository, wherein the method operates on a computer system, and comprises:
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locating a plurality of documents within the repository; refining the documents; and forming a numerical matrix from the refined documents, wherein the numerical matrix is the index; wherein the index is usable by a search tool that compares the index with a search request from a user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A computer program product having a computer-readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for forming an index of an information repository, the computer program product comprising:
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means for scanning the repository for documents that comprise at least one information type; and means for forming a numerical matrix from the scanned documents, wherein the numerical matrix is the index. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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