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Semantic-based system including semantic vectors

  • US 7,421,433 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2002
  • Issued: 09/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A semantic-based system comprising:

  • at least one client operable to issue a semantic query; and

    a file system connected to the at least one client via a network, wherein the file system stores objects and semantic information for the objects that is searchable to execute the semantic query;

    wherein the semantic information includes semantic vectors for the objects, each semantic vector identifying predetermined features for an associated object and created from the predetermined features for the associated object, andwherein the file system is a distributed archival file system operable to store a plurality of base files, each of a plurality of new versions of the base files in the form of a difference between each of the plurality of the new versions and an associated one of the base files, and semantic information for each of the plurality of the new versions and base files;

    wherein the semantic query includes a semantic vector stored in the distributed archival file system for one of the objects.

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