Method and system for improving a text search
First Claim
1. A computer readable medium containing program instructions for improving a text search in a processing system comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of document relationships; and
(b) utilizing the plurality of document relationships to define a region that can satisfy a request from a user, wherein the region for that request is determined based at least in part on characterizing information from the user, the characterizing information relating to and further defining the request and being input to the processing system in addition to the request, and wherein the characterizing information includes a designation of a location within information space, the designation being input to the processing system before the request.
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Abstract
A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user'"'"'s request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium containing program instructions for improving a text search in a processing system comprising:
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(a) providing a plurality of document relationships; and
(b) utilizing the plurality of document relationships to define a region that can satisfy a request from a user, wherein the region for that request is determined based at least in part on characterizing information from the user, the characterizing information relating to and further defining the request and being input to the processing system in addition to the request, and wherein the characterizing information includes a designation of a location within information space, the designation being input to the processing system before the request.
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2. A computer readable medium containing program instructions to be performed on a computer and for improving a text search in a processing system, the program instruction performing steps comprising:
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(a) providing a plurality of document relationships; and
(b) utilizing the plurality of document relationships to define a region that can satisfy a request from a user, wherein the region for that request is determined based at least in part on characterizing information from the user, the characterizing information relating to and further defining the request and being input to the processing system in addition to the request, and wherein the characterizing information includes at least one selection from example candidate results returned to the user after the request is made. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for improving a text search in a processing system comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a plurality of document relationships; and
(b) utilizing the plurality of document relationships to define a region that can satisfy a request from a user, wherein the region for that request is determined based at least in part on characterizing information from the user, the characterizing information relating to and further defining the request and being input to the processing system in addition to the request, and wherein the characterizing information includes a designation of a location within information space, the designation being input to the processing system before the request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method for improving a text search in a processing system comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a plurality of document relationships; and
(b) utilizing the plurality of document relationships to define a region that can satisfy a request from a user, wherein the region for that request is determined based at least in part on characterizing information from the user, the characterizing information relating, to and further defining the request and being input to the processing system in addition to the request, and wherein the characterizing information includes at least one selection from example candidate results returned to the user after the request is made. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for improving a text search in a processing system comprising:
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means for providing a plurality of document relationships; and
means for utilizing the plurality of document relationships to define a region that can satisfy a request from a user, wherein the region for that request is determined based at least in part on characterizing information from the user, the characterizing information relating to and further defining the request and being input to the processing system in addition to the request, and wherein the characterizing information includes a designation of a location within information space, the designation being input to the processing system before the request. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A system for improving a text search in a processing system comprising the steps of:
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(a) means for providing a plurality of document relationships; and
(b) means for utilizing the plurality of document relationships to define a region that can satisfy a request from a user, wherein the region for that request is determined based at least in part on characterizing information from the user, the characterizing information relating to and further defining the request and being input to the processing system in addition to the request, and wherein the characterizing information includes at least one selection from example candidate results returned to the user after the request is made. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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