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Computerized method and system for qualified searching of electronically stored documents

  • US 5,842,206 A
  • Filed: 08/20/1996
  • Issued: 11/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computerized method for searching electronically stored documents, comprising the steps of:

  • searching each document for a search expression;

    analyzing each document containing the search expression to determine a plurality of significant concepts within the document;

    generating an abstract for each concept of each document containing the search expression;

    searching each abstract for the search expression; and

    sorting the abstracts in one of;

    a) the order of significance of their corresponding concepts;

    orb) the alphabetical order of their corresponding concepts.

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