System and method for metadata transfer among search entities
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a citation search engine, which in operation, retrieves a plurality of citations composed by a plurality of subjects citing a plurality of objects that fit the searching criteria;
an object selection engine, which in operation,identifies one or more attributes associated with one or more of entities across the subjects, citations and objects with a high degree of accuracy;
ascribes the identified attributes from the entities where the attributes are available to other entities;
selects the objects as a search result based on the matching of the objects with the ascribed attributes of the objects.
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Abstract
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to ascribe or transfer metadata from one search-related entity to another, where each entity can be one of subject or source, citation, and object or target. First, one or more complete or incomplete attributes associated with one or more of entities across source, citation and target are identified with a high degree of probable accuracy, wherein such metadata or attributes include but are not limited to, time, language, and location of the entities. The identified attributes are then ascribed or transferred from one entity where the metadata is available to other search entities. Finally, the transferred attributes can be utilized to facilitate the selection and ranking of the cited targets for the search result.
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27 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a citation search engine, which in operation, retrieves a plurality of citations composed by a plurality of subjects citing a plurality of objects that fit the searching criteria; an object selection engine, which in operation, identifies one or more attributes associated with one or more of entities across the subjects, citations and objects with a high degree of accuracy; ascribes the identified attributes from the entities where the attributes are available to other entities; selects the objects as a search result based on the matching of the objects with the ascribed attributes of the objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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retrieving a plurality of citations composed by a plurality of subjects citing a plurality of objects that fit the searching criteria; identifying one or more attributes associated with one or more of entities across the subjects, citations and objects with a high degree of accuracy; ascribing the identified attributes from the entities where the attributes are available to other entities; selecting the objects as a search result based on the matching of the objects with the ascribed attributes of the objects. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A machine readable medium having software instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a system to:
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retrieve a plurality of citations composed by a plurality of subjects citing a plurality of objects that fit the searching criteria; identify one or more attributes associated with one or more of entities across the subjects, citations and objects with a high degree of accuracy; ascribe the identified attributes from the entities where the attributes are available to other entities; select the objects as a search result based on the matching of the objects with the ascribed attributes of the objects.
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