Presenting a combined search results summary in a graphical view

• US 9,460,166 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2014
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Billy W., Rakshit, Sarbajit K.
• Primary Examiner(s): AL HASHEMI, SANA A
• Application Number:
  US14/310,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20150066908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 707/600, 707/608, 707/687, 707/705, 707/790, 707/813
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Provided are a computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for presenting a combined search results summary in a graphical view. Selection of two or more search results are received, wherein each of the two or more search results has an associated search result summary, and wherein each associated search result summary includes one or more entries. Relationships between the one or more entries of each associated search result summary and strengths of the relationships are identified. A graphical view is displayed that shows the one or more entries of each associated search result summary, the relationships, and the strengths of those relationships.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, with a processor of a computer, selection of two or more search results, wherein each of the two or more search results has an associated search result summary;

extracting keywords from the selected two or more search results and each associated search result summary;

based on association rules and clustering mining models, identifying relationships between the keywords;

based on relationship rules, identifying strengths of the relationships between the keywords; and

displaying a graphical view that shows the keywords, the relationships, and the strengths of those relationships.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the two or more search results is associated with a document.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the relationships are defined by at least one of the keywords, concepts, distinction, commonality, and time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical view includes a directed graph of the keywords of each associated search result summary and a set of categories.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving selection of a keyword from the keywords in the directed graph; and

displaying a new search results summary that combines each search result summary from which the keywords were obtained.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving selection of a category from the set of categories; and

displaying keywords associated with the selected category and relationship bonds.