Relevance normalization for documents retrieved from an information retrieval system in response to a query

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PATENT NO 5640553
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08528735

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A method for searching a database of an information retrieval system in response to a query having a query length of at least one word, for applying the query word to the database and selecting information from the database according to the query word. The query is received and the length of the query is determined. Information is selected from the database according to the query. The relevance of the selected information is determined according to matches between the query and the information. The determined relevance of the selected information is adjusted according to the length of the query.

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  • INFONAUTICS CORPORATION

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Schultz, John Michael Bala Cynwyd, PA 6 1162

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