MEDICAL QUERY REFINEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for generating a refined medical query from a user medical query, the user medical query comprising a user medical term, and the system comprising:
- an input for receiving the user medical query from a user;
an access controller for accessing a medical guideline file and a rules repository, the medical guideline file comprising a medical information item, and the rules repository comprising a rule linking the medical information item to the user medical term; and
a query refiner for generating the refined medical query from the user medical query by including the medical information item in the refined medical query and for providing the refined medical query to a search engine, wherein the access controller is configured for accessing an attention trail file, the attention trail file comprising an attention information item indicative of a usage of the system by the user, and wherein the query refiner is configured for including the medical information item in the refined medical query in dependence on the attention information item.
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Abstract
A system (100) for generating a refined medical query from a user medical query, the user medical query comprising a user medical term, and the system comprising an input (110) for receiving the user medical query from a user, an access controller (120) for accessing a medical guideline file (121) and a rules repository (122), the medical guideline file (121) comprising a medical information item, and the rules repository (122) comprising a rule linking the medical information item to the user medical term, and a query refiner (130) for generating the refined medical query from the user medical query by including the medical information item in the refined medical query and for providing the refined medical query to a search engine (140).
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13 Claims
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1. A system for generating a refined medical query from a user medical query, the user medical query comprising a user medical term, and the system comprising:
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an input for receiving the user medical query from a user; an access controller for accessing a medical guideline file and a rules repository, the medical guideline file comprising a medical information item, and the rules repository comprising a rule linking the medical information item to the user medical term; and a query refiner for generating the refined medical query from the user medical query by including the medical information item in the refined medical query and for providing the refined medical query to a search engine, wherein the access controller is configured for accessing an attention trail file, the attention trail file comprising an attention information item indicative of a usage of the system by the user, and wherein the query refiner is configured for including the medical information item in the refined medical query in dependence on the attention information item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of generating a refined medical query from a user medical query, the user medical query comprising a user medical term, and the method comprising:
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receiving the user medical query from a user; accessing a medical guideline file and a rules repository, the medical guideline file comprising a medical information item, and the rules repository comprising a rule linking the medical information item to the user medical term; generating the refined medical query from the user medical query by including the medical information item in the refined medical query, wherein an attention trail file comprising an attention information item indicative of a usage of the medical guideline file by the user is accessed, and wherein the medical information item is included in the refined medical query in dependence on the attention information item; and providing the refined medical query to a search engine. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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