SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBTEXT SEARCHING DATA USING SYNONYM-ENRICHED PREDICATIVE PHRASES AND SUBSTITUTED PRONOUNS
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1. A method of automatically creating subtext and using subtext to associate textual information regarding text and/or images by sense thereof, said method being carried out by a programmed computer system and comprising the following steps that the computer system need not execute in the stated order:
- (a) receiving textual information into computer storage and dividing the textual information into passages;
(b) extracting predicative phrases from a passage of said textual information;
(c) deleting lexical noise from the passage;
(d) extracting nouns from the predicative phrases;
(e) creating one or more clusters of synonyms for said nouns;
(f) creating subtext comprising an enhanced set of predicative phrases for said passage from said nouns and said one or more clusters of synonyms;
(g) subjecting each of a sequence of other passages of the received textual information to steps (b) through (f) to thereby create respective subtext for the respective passages;
(h) testing respective subtexts for compatibility in accordance with a selected compatibility relationship; and
(i) associating passages with each other based on results of said testing for compatibility of their respective subtexts.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically, without the necessity of user intervention, creating subtext from textual information regarding text and/or images and/or symbols, etc. and using the subtext to associate by sense passages of the textual information with each other and/or with passages related to search queries.
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1. A method of automatically creating subtext and using subtext to associate textual information regarding text and/or images by sense thereof, said method being carried out by a programmed computer system and comprising the following steps that the computer system need not execute in the stated order:
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(a) receiving textual information into computer storage and dividing the textual information into passages; (b) extracting predicative phrases from a passage of said textual information; (c) deleting lexical noise from the passage; (d) extracting nouns from the predicative phrases; (e) creating one or more clusters of synonyms for said nouns; (f) creating subtext comprising an enhanced set of predicative phrases for said passage from said nouns and said one or more clusters of synonyms; (g) subjecting each of a sequence of other passages of the received textual information to steps (b) through (f) to thereby create respective subtext for the respective passages; (h) testing respective subtexts for compatibility in accordance with a selected compatibility relationship; and (i) associating passages with each other based on results of said testing for compatibility of their respective subtexts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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9. A computer system programmed and configured to automatically create subtext and use subtext to associate textual information regarding text and/or images by sense thereof, comprising:
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(a) a computer implemented facility configured to receive textual information into computer storage and divide the textual information into passages; (b) a computer implemented facility configured to extract predicative phrases from a passage of said textual information; (c) a computer implemented facility configured to delete lexical noise from the passage; (d) a computer implemented facility configured to extract nouns from the predicative phrases; (e) a computer implemented facility configured to create one or more clusters of synonyms for said nouns; (f) a computer implemented facility configured to create subtext comprising an enhanced set of predicative phrases for said passage from said nouns and said one or more clusters of synonyms; (g) a computer implemented facility configured to subject each of a sequence of other passages of the received textual information to the facilities (b) through (f) to thereby create respective subtext for the respective passages; (h) a computer implemented facility configured to test respective subtexts for compatibility with each other in accordance with a selected compatibility relationship; and (i) a computer implemented facility configured to associate passages with each other based on results of said testing for compatibility of their respective subtexts. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program stored in a non-transitory form in a computer-readable medium and executable in a computer system to cause the system to automatically create subtext and use subtext to associate textual information regarding text and/or images by sense thereof by carrying out a process comprising:
- the following steps that need not be executed in the stated order
(a) receiving textual information into computer storage and dividing the textual information into passages; (b) extracting predicative phrases from a passage of said textual information; (c) deleting lexical noise from the passage; (d) extracting nouns from the predicative phrases; (e) creating one or more clusters of synonyms for said nouns; (f) creating subtext comprising an enhanced set of predicative phrases for said passage from said nouns and said one or more clusters of synonyms; (g) subjecting each of a sequence of other passages of the received textual information to steps (b) through (f) to thereby create respective subtext for the respective passages; (h) testing respective subtexts for compatibility in accordance with a selected compatibility relationship; and (i) associating passages with each other based on results of said testing for compatibility of their respective subtexts. - View Dependent Claims (17)
- the following steps that need not be executed in the stated order
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