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Information retrieval based on using and locating subdocuments

  • US 6,377,947 B1
  • Filed: 08/25/2000
  • Issued: 04/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information system for displaying documents, comprising:

  • a) a memory; and

    b) one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory storing a set of computer instructions which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of;

    i) determining a plurality of sub-documents from the plurality of documents, each sub-document representing a portion less than the entirety of a document in the plurality of documents;

    ii) processing a query that operates on the plurality of sub-documents to cause a score to be generated for each sub-document, wherein each score is indicative of the relevance of the corresponding sub-document to the query;

    iii) ranking said sub-documents according to said corresponding relevance scores;

    iv) retrieving one of the plurality of documents comprising a sub-document having a corresponding ranked score;

    v) displaying said document such that said document is scrolled to a location of a first ranked sub-document within said document; and

    vi) displaying said document such that said document is scrolled to a second ranked sub-document within said document.

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