Apparatus and method for search and retrieval of documents
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1. A method for associating documents and queries, comprising:
- receiving a first query submitted by a user;
retrieving by said first query at least one reference to a document;
displaying said at least one reference to a document;
tracing at least one action of said user in relation to said at least one reference to a document;
storing each of a) said first query as submitted by said user, and b) a relation between said first query and said retrieved at least one reference to a document based on said traced action;
using at least in part a second query from any user to identify at least one stored query; and
displaying to said any user said at least one reference to a document based on said relation to said at least one identified query;
wherein a stored query comprises at least two query terms, and at least one query term comprises an expression containing more than one word.
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Abstract
A system for the support and management of search for documents is presented. The system includes knowledge-database, query interface and communication to a database of documents to be searched. Information generated during a search session is collected by the system and is added to the knowledge-database. The information is ranked automatically according to the usage of that information by the user. During successive search session, or during search made by other users, the system uses the knowledge-database to support the users with keywords, queries and reference to documents.
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1. A method for associating documents and queries, comprising:
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receiving a first query submitted by a user; retrieving by said first query at least one reference to a document; displaying said at least one reference to a document; tracing at least one action of said user in relation to said at least one reference to a document; storing each of a) said first query as submitted by said user, and b) a relation between said first query and said retrieved at least one reference to a document based on said traced action; using at least in part a second query from any user to identify at least one stored query; and displaying to said any user said at least one reference to a document based on said relation to said at least one identified query; wherein a stored query comprises at least two query terms, and at least one query term comprises an expression containing more than one word. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for associating documents and queries, comprising:
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receiving a first query submitted by a user; displaying at least one reference to a document in response to said first query; tracing at least one action of said user in relation to said at least one reference to a document; storing each of a) said first query as submitted by said user, and b) a relation between said first query and said at least one displayed reference to a document based on said traced action; using at least in part a second query from any user to identify at least one previously stored query; and displaying said at least one identified stored query; wherein a stored query comprises at least two query terms, and at least one query term comprises an expression containing more than one word. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for associating documents and queries, comprising:
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receiving a first query submitted by a user; retrieving by said first query at least one reference to a document; displaying said at least one reference to a document; tracing at least one action of said user in relation to said at least one reference to a document; and storing each of a) said first query as submitted by said user, and b) a relation between said first query and said retrieved at least one reference to a document based on said traced action; receiving a second query from any user; using at least in part said second query to identify at least one stored query; and displaying to said any user a) said at least one identified stored query and b) one or more references to documents having said relations with said at least one identified stored query; wherein a stored query comprises at least two query terms, and at least one query term comprises an expression containing more than one word. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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