Document retrieval system
First Claim
1. A document retrieval system comprising a user interface and processing means, wherein the user interface is configured to allow a user to enter a query phrase indicative of a subject of interest, and the processing means is operative to select query keywords from the query phrase and allocate positional weightings to the query keywords dependent upon the relative positions of the query keywords within the query phrase.
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Abstract
A document retrieval system comprising a user interface and processing means, wherein the user interface is configured to allow a user to enter a query phrase indicative of a subject of interest, and the processing means is operative to select query keywords from the query phrase and allocate weightings to the query keywords dependent upon the relative positions of the query keywords within the query phrase.
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34 Claims
- 1. A document retrieval system comprising a user interface and processing means, wherein the user interface is configured to allow a user to enter a query phrase indicative of a subject of interest, and the processing means is operative to select query keywords from the query phrase and allocate positional weightings to the query keywords dependent upon the relative positions of the query keywords within the query phrase.
- 24. A method of summarising the content of a document, the method comprising segmenting the document into sentences, selecting document keywords from the sentences, and allocating positional weightings to the document keywords dependant upon the relative positions of the document keywords within the sentence.
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33. A document retrieval system substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying figures.
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34. A method of summarising the content of a document substantially as hereinbefore described.
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