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A computerized method for searching one or more electronically stored documents is disclosed. The method comprises four steps. The first step searches each document for a search expression. The second step analyzes each document containing the search expression to determine one or more significant concepts within the document. The third step generates an abstract for each concept of each document containing the search expression. The fourth step searches each abstract for the search expression or alternatively for related expressions or ideas as well. In a further embodiment, the method also comprises the step of sorting the abstracts in order of significance of their corresponding concepts. In yet a further embodiment, the method also comprises the step of sorting the abstracts in alphabetical order of their corresponding concepts. Other embodiments include a computerized system for implementing the computerized method, and a computer-readable storage medium having a program thereon for directing a computer to perform the method.

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