METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SEARCHING AND GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SEARCHES
First Claim
1. A method of graphically representing electronic document searches, the method comprising:
- receiving at least a first search query and a second search query;
searching an electronic document database using the first search query and the second search query to obtain a first document set based on the first search query and a second document set based on the second search query, wherein the first document set comprises a first plurality of electronic documents and the second document set comprises a second plurality of electronic documents;
generating, by a computer, a Venn diagram for display on a graphic display device, the Venn diagram comprising a first circle that represents the first document set and a second circle that represents the second document set, wherein;
a size of the first circle and the second circle reflect a number of electronic documents in the first document set and in the second document set, respectively; and
the first circle overlaps the second circle in an overlap region, the overlap region depicting common electronic documents that are within the first document set and the second document set; and
depicting a separation of the first circle from the second circle on the graphic display device in response to a user input, and generating a first visualization chart from the first circle and a second visualization chart from the second circle, wherein the first visualization chart and the second visualization chart depict proportions of the first document set and the second document set according to a user-defined parameter.
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Abstract
Methods for electronic document searching and graphically representing an electronic document search are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of graphically representing electronic document searches includes generating a Venn diagram for display on a graphic display device including a first circle that represents a first document set and a second circle that represents a second document set. The first circle overlaps the second circle in an overlap region depicting common electronic documents that are within the first document set and the second document set. The method further includes generating a first visualization chart from the first circle and a second visualization chart from the second circle. The first visualization chart and the second visualization chart depict proportions of the first document set and the second document set according to a user-defined parameter. Additional search queries may be suggested based on similar topics within electronic documents within the Venn diagram.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of graphically representing electronic document searches, the method comprising:
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receiving at least a first search query and a second search query; searching an electronic document database using the first search query and the second search query to obtain a first document set based on the first search query and a second document set based on the second search query, wherein the first document set comprises a first plurality of electronic documents and the second document set comprises a second plurality of electronic documents; generating, by a computer, a Venn diagram for display on a graphic display device, the Venn diagram comprising a first circle that represents the first document set and a second circle that represents the second document set, wherein; a size of the first circle and the second circle reflect a number of electronic documents in the first document set and in the second document set, respectively; and the first circle overlaps the second circle in an overlap region, the overlap region depicting common electronic documents that are within the first document set and the second document set; and depicting a separation of the first circle from the second circle on the graphic display device in response to a user input, and generating a first visualization chart from the first circle and a second visualization chart from the second circle, wherein the first visualization chart and the second visualization chart depict proportions of the first document set and the second document set according to a user-defined parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of graphically representing electronic document searches, the method comprising:
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receiving at least a first search query and a second search query; searching an electronic document database using the first search query and the second search query to obtain a first document set based on the first search query and a second document set based on the second search query, wherein the first document set comprises a first plurality of electronic documents and the second document set comprises a second plurality of electronic documents; identifying electronic documents in the first document set and the second document set that satisfy at least one user-defined parameter; generating a Venn diagram for display on a graphic display device, the Venn diagram comprising a first circle that represents the first document set and a second circle that represents the second document set, wherein; a size of the first circle and the second circle reflect a number of electronic documents in the first document set and in the second document set, respectively; and the first circle overlaps the second circle in an overlap region, the overlap region depicting common electronic documents that are within the first document set and the second document set; and populating the first circle and the second circle with a plurality of graphical representations of electronic documents satisfying the at least one user-defined parameter, wherein a first portion of the plurality of graphical representations of electronic documents is located within the first circle near a second portion of the plurality of graphical representations of electronic documents located within the second circle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of electronic document searching, the method comprising:
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receiving at least a first search query and a second search query; searching an electronic document database using the first search query and the second search query to obtain a first document set based on the first search query and a second document set based on the second search query, wherein the first document set comprises a first plurality of electronic documents and the second document set comprises a second plurality of electronic documents; generating a Venn diagram for display on a graphic display device, the Venn diagram comprising a first circle that represents the first document set and a second circle that represents the second document set, wherein; a size of the first circle and the second circle reflect a number of electronic documents in the first document set and in the second document set, respectively; and the first circle overlaps the second circle in an overlap region, the overlap region depicting common electronic documents that are within the first document set and the second document set; determining one or more semantically similar terms of electronic documents within the overlap region; generating one or more additional search queries based on the one or more semantically similar terms; searching the electronic document database using the one or more additional search queries to obtain one or more additional document sets; and displaying one or more visual representations of one or more search result sets using the one or more additional search queries. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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