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GENERALIZED INFORMATION PROCESSING

  • US 3,614,744 A
  • Filed: 06/27/1969
  • Issued: 10/19/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of information retrieval by computer having a direct access memory to answer any query that can be satisfied from data as it appears in natural form which comprises:

  • a. storing in a first sEction of said memory as a record file the successive strings of variable content natural language textual data to be retrieved, b. storing in a second section of said memory as a dictionary file a set of label word codes, one for each predetermined identifiable variable portion of said data, c. immediately accessing any existing identifiable portion of each string which satisfies any search criteria presented to said computer in terms which include at least one said word label, and d. registering the results thereof.

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