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1. A method for associating words and word strings in a single language comprising:
- a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document;
b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed;
c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed;
d. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency and creating a Left Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents;
e. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Left Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Left Signature List;
f. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both comprising said Left Signature List from said returned documents and creating Left Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both on said Left Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents;
g. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents and creating a Right Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency;
h. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Right Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Right Signature List;
i. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both comprising said Right Signature List from said returned documents and creating Right Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both on said Right Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; and
j. ranking the results based on the frequency of each word or word string occurring on said Left Anchor List and the frequency of said word or word string occurring on said Right Anchor List.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for automating the acquisition, reconstruction, and generation of knowledgebases of associated ideas and using such knowledgebases in many application including machine translation of human languages, search and retrieval of unstructured text, or other data, based on concept search, voice recognition, data compression, and artificial intelligence systems.
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1. A method for associating words and word strings in a single language comprising:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency and creating a Left Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents; e. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Left Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Left Signature List; f. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both comprising said Left Signature List from said returned documents and creating Left Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both on said Left Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; g. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents and creating a Right Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency; h. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Right Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Right Signature List; i. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both comprising said Right Signature List from said returned documents and creating Right Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both on said Right Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; and j. ranking the results based on the frequency of each word or word string occurring on said Left Anchor List and the frequency of said word or word string occurring on said Right Anchor List. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for associating words and word strings in a single language comprising:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency and creating a Left Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents; e. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Left Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Left Signature List; f. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both comprising said Left Signature List from said returned documents and creating Left Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both on said Left Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; g. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents and creating a Right Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency; h. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Right Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Right Signature List; i. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both comprising said Right Signature List from said returned documents and creating Right Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both on said Right Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; and j. ranking the results by multiplying the total frequency of each word or word string occurring on said Left Anchor List by the total frequency of said word or word string occurring on said Right Anchor List. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer device including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a program stored in the memory, wherein the computer is configured to execute the program and perform the steps of:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency and creating a Left Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents; e. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Left Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Left Signature List; f. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both comprising said Left Signature List from said returned documents and creating Left Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both on said Left Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; g. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents and creating a Right Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency; h. searching said collection of documents for words or word strings or both on said Right Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Right Signature List; i. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both comprising said Right Signature List from said returned documents and creating Right Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said words or words strings or both on said Right Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; and j. ranking results based on the frequency of each word or word string occurring on said Left Anchor List and the frequency of said word or word string occurring on said Right Anchor List. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer device including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a program stored in the memory, wherein the computer is configured to execute the program and perform the steps of:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency and creating a Left Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents; e. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Left Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Left Signature List; f. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both comprising said Left Signature List from said returned documents and creating Left Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both on said Left Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; g. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents and creating a Right Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency; h. searching said collection of documents for words or word strings or both on said Right Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Right Signature List; i. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both comprising said Right Signature List from said returned documents and creating Right Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said words or words strings or both on said Right Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; and j. ranking the results by multiplying the total frequency of each word or word string occurring on said Left Anchor List by the total frequency of said word or word string occurring on said Right Anchor List. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executable by a computer processor for performing the steps of:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency and creating a Left Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents; e. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Left Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Left Signature List; f. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both comprising said Left Signature List from said returned documents and creating Left Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both on said Left Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; g. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents and creating a Right Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency; h. searching said collection of documents for words or word strings or both on said Right Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Right Signature List; i. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both comprising said Right Signature List from said returned documents and creating Right Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said words or words strings or both on said Right Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; and j. ranking results based on the frequency of each word or word string occurring on said Left Anchor List and the frequency of said word or word string occurring on said Right Anchor List. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executable by a computer processor for performing the steps of:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency and creating a Left Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents; e. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Left Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Left Signature List; f. determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both comprising said Left Signature List from said returned documents and creating Left Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said words or word strings or both on said Left Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; g. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents and creating a Right Signature List comprising said words or word strings or both to the right of said query to be analyzed in said returned documents based on their frequency; h. searching said collection of documents for each word and word string on said Right Signature List and returning documents containing said words and word strings on said Right Signature List; i. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both comprising said Right Signature List from said returned documents and creating Right Anchor Lists comprising said words or word strings or both to the left of said words or word strings or both on said Right Signature List based on their frequency in said returned documents; and j. ranking the results by multiplying the total frequency of each word or word string occurring on said Left Anchor List by the total frequency of said word or word string occurring on said Right Anchor List. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for associating words and word strings in a language comprising:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings of user-defined size or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents containing the query to be analyzed; e. returning a list with an entry or plurality of entries, wherein said entry or said plurality of entries contain said determined words or word strings or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents; f. searching said collection of documents for said entry or plurality of entries in said returned list of entry or plurality of entries and returning second documents containing said entry or plurality of entries; g. returning a list of words or word strings of user defined size or both that occur between said determined words or word strings in said entry or plurality of entries in said returned second documents and ranking said returned list of words or word strings by frequency of occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for associating words and word strings in a language comprising:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings of user-defined size or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents containing the query to be analyzed; e. returning a list with an entry or plurality of entries, wherein said entry or said plurality of entries contain said determined words or word strings or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents; f. searching said collection of documents for said entry or plurality of entries in said returned list of entry or plurality of entries and returning second documents containing said entry or plurality of entries; g. returning a list of words or word strings of user defined size or both that occur between said determined words or word strings or both in said entry or plurality of entries in said returned second documents and ranking said returned list of words or word strings based on the number of unique entries on the returned list that appear to the left and right of the result in the collection of documents. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer device including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a program stored in the memory, wherein the computer is configured to execute the program and perform the steps of:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings of user-defined size or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents containing the query to be analyzed; e. returning a list with an entry or plurality of entries, wherein said entry or said plurality of entries contain said determined words or word strings or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents; f. searching said collection of documents for said entry or plurality of entries in said returned list of entry or plurality of entries and returning second documents containing said entry or plurality of entries; g. returning a list of words or word strings of user defined size or both that occur between said determined words or word strings or both in said entry or plurality of entries in said returned second documents and ranking said returned list of words or word strings by frequency of occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computer device including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a program stored in the memory, wherein the computer is configured to execute the program and perform the steps of:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings of user-defined size or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents containing the query to be analyzed; e. returning a list with an entry or plurality of entries, wherein said entry or said plurality of entries contain said determined words or word strings or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents; f. searching said collection of documents for said entry or plurality of entries in said returned list of entry or plurality of entries and returning second documents containing said entry or plurality of entries; g. returning a list of words or word strings of user defined size or both that occur between said determined words or word strings or both in said entry or plurality of entries in said returned second documents and ranking said returned list of words or word strings based on the number of unique entries on the returned list that appear to the left and right of the result in the collection of documents. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executable by a computer processor for performing the steps of:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings of user-defined size or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents containing the query to be analyzed; e. returning a list with an entry or plurality of entries, wherein said entry or said plurality of entries contain said determined words or word strings or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents; f. searching said collection of documents for said entry or plurality of entries in said returned list of entry or plurality of entries and returning second documents containing said entry or plurality of entries; g. returning a list of words or word strings of user defined size or both that occur between said determined words or word strings or both in said entry or plurality of entries in said returned second documents and ranking said returned list of words or word strings by frequency of occurrence. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executable by a computer processor for performing the steps of:
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a. providing a collection of documents, wherein said collection includes at least one document; b. receiving from a user a word or word string query to be analyzed; c. searching said collection of documents for the query to be analyzed and returning documents containing the query to be analyzed; d. determining a user-defined number of words or word strings of user-defined size or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents containing the query to be analyzed; e. returning a list with an entry or plurality of entries, wherein said entry or said plurality of entries contain said determined words or word strings or both to the left and right of the query in said returned documents; f. searching said collection of documents for said entry or plurality of entries in said returned list of entry or plurality of entries and returning second documents containing said entry or plurality of entries; g. returning a list of words or word strings of user defined size or both that occur between said determined words or word strings or both in said entry or plurality of entries in said returned second documents and ranking said returned list of words or word strings based on the number of unique entries on the returned list that appear to the left and right of the result in the collection of documents. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54)
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