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First Claim
1. A method for identifying a group of objects or content, wherein the objects or content have a plurality of group-wise connections, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. generating a plurality of sets, wherein each of said plurality of sets comprise at least one of a plurality of binary representations;
b. calculating a first distance between at least one of said plurality of sets and at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions;
c. associating at least one of said plurality of sets with said at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions based on said first distance;
d. associating a query with at least one of said plurality of sets;
e. creating a first list, wherein said first list comprises each of said plurality of sets related to said query; and
f. identifying each object or content description associated with each set contained within said first list.
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Abstract
A method and system for identifying a group of objects or content that have a plurality of group-wise connections, and for revealing the evolution of the state of those connections over time. A network of symbols are generated to create a symbol backbone, and raw object or content descriptions are mapped to the generated symbols. To identify the objects or content most closely and most interconnectedly related to a query object or content, the query object or content is mapped onto the symbol backbone. The raw object or content description expression set of the related symbols are retrieved, forming the group of interconnected objects or content. The retrieved object or content descriptions can be further refined.
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1. A method for identifying a group of objects or content, wherein the objects or content have a plurality of group-wise connections, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. generating a plurality of sets, wherein each of said plurality of sets comprise at least one of a plurality of binary representations; b. calculating a first distance between at least one of said plurality of sets and at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions; c. associating at least one of said plurality of sets with said at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions based on said first distance; d. associating a query with at least one of said plurality of sets; e. creating a first list, wherein said first list comprises each of said plurality of sets related to said query; and f. identifying each object or content description associated with each set contained within said first list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A system for identifying a group of objects or content, wherein the objects or content have a plurality of group-wise connections, said system comprising:
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a. a set generator, wherein said set generator generates a plurality of sets, each of said plurality of sets comprising at least one of a plurality of binary representations; b. a symbol memory adapted to associate at least one of said plurality of sets with at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions, wherein said at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions is within a first distance between said at least one of said plurality of sets and said at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions; c. a symbol lookup server adapted to associate a query with at least one of said plurality of sets, and further adapted to create a first list, wherein said first list comprises each of said plurality of sets related to said query; and d. a symbol expression lookup server, wherein said symbol expression lookup server identifies each object or content description associated with each set contained within said first list. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165)
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166. A program stored on a computer readable medium, the program comprising:
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a. means for generating a plurality of sets, wherein each of said plurality of sets comprise at least one of a plurality of binary representations; b. means for calculating a first distance between at least one of said plurality of sets and at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions; c. means for associating at least one of said plurality of sets with said at least one of a plurality of object or content descriptions based on said first distance; d. means for associating a query with at least one of said plurality of sets; e. means for creating a first list, wherein said first list comprises each of said plurality of sets related to said query; and f. means for identifying each object or content description associated with each set contained within said first list. - View Dependent Claims (167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248)
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