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Process and system for mapping the relationship of the content of a collection of documents

  • US 5,808,615 A
  • Filed: 05/01/1996
  • Issued: 09/15/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automated process, using a computer, for mapping a relationship of content of a collection of documents, comprising:

  • providing a collection of documents, each document including content;

    determining relevance measures, each relevance measure representing a relevance between a pair of documents, each relevance measure comprising a log likelihood ratio relevance measure, and each relevance measure based upon a comparison of the content of the pair of documents; and

    generating a content graph having nodes and edges, each edge connecting two nodes, the content graph having a node associated with each document and having an edge connecting nodes for which the relevance measure between associated documents is greater than a specified threshold;

    such that the content graph maps the relationship of the content of the collection of documents.

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