System, method and computer program product for performing unstructured information management and automatic text analysis, including a search operator functioning as a weighted and (WAND)

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7512602
APP PUB NO 20070112763A1
SERIAL NO

11607080

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Disclosed is a system architecture, components and a searching technique for an Unstructured Information Management System (UIMS). The UIMS may be provided as middleware for the effective management and interchange of unstructured information over a wide array of information sources. The architecture generally includes a search engine, data storage, analysis engines containing pipelined document annotators and various adapters. The searching technique makes use of a two-level searching technique. A search query includes a search operator containing of a plurality of search sub-expressions each having an associated weight value. The search engine returns a document or documents having a weight value sum that exceeds a threshold weight value sum. The search operator is implemented as a Boolean predicate that functions as a Weighted AND (WAND).

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Broder, Andrei Z New York, US 38 2696
Carmel, David Haifa, IL 51 1724
Herscovici, Michael Haifa, IL 19 804
Soffer, Aya Haifa, IL 17 899
Zien, Jason San Jose , US 14 464

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