Database and Index Organization for Enhanced Document Retrieval

• US 20130268538A1
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nelson Information Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Nelson Information Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Nelson, John M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,938,458 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/328 Management therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 Pattern matching access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99937 Sorting

Abstract

A customized, topical database and methods for constructing and using such a database are provided. Selection and indexing of articles is done by experts in the topic with which the database is concerned. As a result, articles are indexed in a manner that allows facile, rapid retrieval of highly relevant articles with few or no false positives.

Claims

1. -28. (canceled)

29. A method of searching a speciality oriented document database or index created from a master index of a subject matter area by

assigning one or more specialities to each document,

assigning one or more terms or codes from said master index to each document,

assembling a database comprising said documents having a selected speciality in accordance with said terms or codes, said method comprising the steps of

arranging said terms or codes hierarchically or alphanumerically,

browsing said terms or codes, and

accessing said database in accordance with at least one or said terms or codes.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising the steps of

assigning key words to related terms or codes, respectively,

browsing said keywords, and

accessing said terms or codes using said key words.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein said documents are limited in number and including the further step of

linking said database to a plenary database in accordance with said terms or codes.

32. The method of claim 29, wherein said documents are limited in number and including the further step of

linking said database to a plenary database in accordance with said terms or codes.