Method and system for improving a text search

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7328208
APP PUB NO 20060143169A1
SERIAL NO

11270177

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A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the region of documents that can be used to satisfy a user's request. In a preferred embodiment, the text searching method in accordance with the present invention augments a conventional text search by using information on document relationships and metadata. The text searching method and system improves upon conventional text search techniques by incorporating relationship metadata to define regions to search within. In the present invention the definition of a region is not limited to just categories as it includes neighborhoods around individual documents and sets which have been user defined.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dockter, Michael J Wellington, FL 22 898
Doerre, Jochen F Stuttgart, DE 4 79
Lynn, Ronald W Gilroy, CA 7 161
Munoz, Joseph A San Mateo, CA 4 79
Richardt, Randal J San Jose, CA 15 170
Seiffert, Roland Herrenberg, DE 37 1690

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