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System and method for determining semantically related terms

  • US 7,548,929 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2006
  • Issued: 06/16/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for determining semantically related terms, comprising:

  • receiving one or more seed terms;

    searching a first index to determine a plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms, the first index comprising a plurality of terms and for each term of the plurality of terms, an association between one or more webpages and the term;

    searching a second index to determine a plurality of potential terms associated with the plurality of webpages associated with the seed terms, the second index comprising a plurality of identifiers for webpages and for each webpages of the plurality of identifiers for webpages, an association between one or more terms and the webpage;

    sending at least one term of the plurality of potential terms to a user to suggest the at least one term of the plurality of potential terms to the user;

    receiving an indication of relevance of at least one suggested term to the user;

    modifying with a processor the terms which comprise the seed terms based at least in part on the received indication of relevance;

    receiving an indication that a first term is relevant to the user; and

    modifying with a processor the seed terms to comprise the first term as a positive seed term;

    wherein receiving one or more seed terms comprises;

    receiving a location of a webpageretrieving with a processor the content of the webpage from the location of the webpage;

    stripping code from the content of the webpage with a processor;

    pulling one or more terms from the content of the webpage; and

    weighing each term of the one or more terms pulled form the content of the webpage with a processor based on a location of where the term was located on the webpage.

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