SIMILARITY AND RANKING OF DATABASES BASED ON DATABASE METADATA
First Claim
1. A method for determining similarity of databases, the method comprising:
- (a) selecting a first database and a second database from a plurality of databases;
(b) determining if one or more terms found in the first database are also found in the second database, wherein each term of the one or more terms includes metadata of a database of the plurality of databases, and wherein the one or more terms found in both the first database and the second database are one or more common terms;
(c) determining a quantity of the one or more common terms found in each of a plurality of groups of databases of the plurality of databases, wherein each group of databases corresponds to a number of databases which constitute the group of databases; and
(d) determining a similarity score between the first database and the second database of the plurality of databases based on the one or more common terms found in each group of databases of the plurality of databases.
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Abstract
A processor selects a first database and a second database from a plurality of databases. The processor determines one or more terms found in the first and second database, wherein each term of the one or more terms includes metadata of a database of the plurality of databases. The processor identifies one or more common terms between the first database and the second database and determines the one or more common terms found in each of a plurality of groups of databases of the plurality of databases, wherein each group of databases corresponds to a number of databases which constitute the group of databases. The processor determines a similarity score between the first database and the second database of the plurality of databases based on the one or more common terms found in each group of databases of the plurality of databases.
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1. A method for determining similarity of databases, the method comprising:
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(a) selecting a first database and a second database from a plurality of databases; (b) determining if one or more terms found in the first database are also found in the second database, wherein each term of the one or more terms includes metadata of a database of the plurality of databases, and wherein the one or more terms found in both the first database and the second database are one or more common terms; (c) determining a quantity of the one or more common terms found in each of a plurality of groups of databases of the plurality of databases, wherein each group of databases corresponds to a number of databases which constitute the group of databases; and (d) determining a similarity score between the first database and the second database of the plurality of databases based on the one or more common terms found in each group of databases of the plurality of databases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for determining a similarity of databases to search criteria, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving search criteria, wherein the search criteria includes one or more terms; (b) determining the one or more terms found in both the search criteria and a first database of a plurality of databases, wherein the one or more terms found in both the search criteria and a first database are one or more common terms; (c) determining a quantity of the one or more common terms found in each of a plurality of groups of databases of the plurality of databases, wherein a group of databases of the plurality of groups of databases corresponds to a number of databases which constitutes the group of databases; and (d) determining a similarity score of the first database of the plurality of databases based on the quantity of the one or more common terms found in each group of databases of the plurality of databases, wherein the similarity of the first database to the search criteria is based on the similarity score. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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