System for improving the performance of information retrieval-type tasks by identifying the relations of constituents
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1. A computer readable medium storing an index of textual material used to enable a computing device to determine a relationship between first and second textual inputs, the index comprising a data structure including:
- a plurality of constituents from the textual material, the plurality of constituents having a predetermined usefulness in determining the relationship based on case information corresponding to the constituents in the textual material, or relations of constituents in the textual material.
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Abstract
A system is utilized for determining a relationship between first and second textual inputs. The system identifies constituents in the first textual input, having predetermined characteristics indicative of usefulness in determining the relationship. The relationship is then determined based on the constituents identified. The constituents can be eliminated from the first textual input, weighted in the first textual input, or simply annotated in one of a variety of ways.
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1. A computer readable medium storing an index of textual material used to enable a computing device to determine a relationship between first and second textual inputs, the index comprising a data structure including:
a plurality of constituents from the textual material, the plurality of constituents having a predetermined usefulness in determining the relationship based on case information corresponding to the constituents in the textual material, or relations of constituents in the textual material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer readable medium storing an index of textual material used to enable a computing device to determine a relationship between first and second textual inputs, the index comprising a data structure including:
a plurality of constituents from the textual material, the plurality of constituents having predetermined characteristics indicative of usefulness in determining the relationship and being annotated with annotations indicative of the usefulness. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method of utilizing an index comprising:
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identifying first constituents in a first textual input having relations indicative of usefulness in determining a relationship between the first textual input and a second textual input; and generating the index based on the constituents identified; and utilizing the index to determine a relationship between the first and second textual inputs.
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