Method for providing more informative results in response to a search of electronic documents
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1. A method for providing more informative results in response to a search of electronic documents in an unstructured database, where each document has a document address associated therewith, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a first attribute in a parameter field associated with a document address of an electronic document;
receiving a search request including a desired attribute;
for each of a plurality of electronic documents comparing said desired attribute to said first attribute in the parameter field for that document; and
presenting, as a search result, the document address of an electronic document having a first attribute matching said desired attribute.
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Abstract
A method provides a more informative result to a user in connection with the search for documents in a database. In particular, the method provides augmented addresses, in the Internet environment augmented universal resource locators, which include an indication of a document attribute which may be of interest to the user. Such attributes may include an indication of the language of the document (e.g., English or Japanese) or the popularity of the document.
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1. A method for providing more informative results in response to a search of electronic documents in an unstructured database, where each document has a document address associated therewith, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing a first attribute in a parameter field associated with a document address of an electronic document;
receiving a search request including a desired attribute;
for each of a plurality of electronic documents comparing said desired attribute to said first attribute in the parameter field for that document; and
presenting, as a search result, the document address of an electronic document having a first attribute matching said desired attribute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In an unstructured database, a method for identifying an electronic document in response to a search request, the method comprising the steps of:
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augmenting an address of an electronic document to reflect an attribute of that document;
determining a plurality of electronic documents to be responsive to a given search request; and
presenting as a search result the augmented address for each document having an augmented address that is identified to be responsive to the search request. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for searching for electronic documents in an unstructured database, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a search query including a keyword and a document attribute;
for each of a plurality of documents, determining whether the document includes said keyword and whether the document satisfies the document attribute; and
presenting as a search result, a document address of each document that is found to satisfy the search query during said steps of determining. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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