User interface for document retrieval
First Claim
1. A text retrieval system comprising:
- memory means for storing a data base including text items;
means for accepting a user query;
processing means for organizing and querying the data base using at least one key word received in the user query, the processing means producing query results in a format, the format including a list of identified items, the identified items all containing at least one respective one of the at least one key word, the list including a respective indicator associated with each identified item, the respective indicator indicating the importance in the associated identified item of the at least one respective one of the at least one key word; and
display means for displaying the query results in the format.
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Abstract
A user interface for a full-text document retrieval computerized system comprises a display with a words window in which each query word is displayed by means of a distinctive representation uniquely associated with each displayed word. In a subsequent results window, each document header or title or representation is accompanied by an indicator which employs the same distinctive representation to directly indicate to the user the relative contributions of the individual query words to each listed document. In a preferred embodiment, the distinctive representation is integrated with an associated weight first indicator in a words window, and in the results window the distinctive representations are also integrated with an associated weight second indicator. The distinctive representation can take several forms, such as by a different color or by means of hatching or shading or by displayed icons.
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12 Claims
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1. A text retrieval system comprising:
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memory means for storing a data base including text items; means for accepting a user query; processing means for organizing and querying the data base using at least one key word received in the user query, the processing means producing query results in a format, the format including a list of identified items, the identified items all containing at least one respective one of the at least one key word, the list including a respective indicator associated with each identified item, the respective indicator indicating the importance in the associated identified item of the at least one respective one of the at least one key word; and display means for displaying the query results in the format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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