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Browse by prompted keyword phrases
Assignee: Hanger Solutions LLC
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Filing: 1996-04-09
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Granted: 1998-08-11
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Expires: 2016-04-09
Abstract
Abstract A method for identifying one of a plurality of documents stored in a computer-readable medium is disclosed. The method includes the steps of automatically identifying for a user keyword phrases in the plurality of documents, prompting the user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand, and identifying one of the plurality of documents based on the query expression. The identified document is presented to the user in the form of an abstract. Identification of the keyword phrases and generation of the abstract are accomplished by linguistically analyzing the plurality of documents.
Inventors
- 👤 Seymour I. Rubinstein
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 11:20
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/30; G06F16/33; G06F16/338; G06F16/31; G06F16/313; G06F16/332; G06F16/3322; G06F16/3323; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99934
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
A method for identifying one of a plurality of documents stored in a computer-readable medium, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: automatically identifying for a user keyword phrases in the plurality of documents; prompting the user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; and identifying one of the plurality of documents based on the query expression.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
67 words
A method for identifying one of a plurality of documents stored in a computer-readable medium, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: automatically identifying for a user keyword phrases in the plurality of documents; prompting the user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; and identifying one of the plurality of documents based on the query expression.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of identifying keyword phrases in the plurality of documents comprises the step of linguistically analyzing each of the plurality of documents to identify the keyword phrases.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said step of linguistically analyzing each of the plurality of documents comprises the steps of: syntactically analyzing each of the plurality of documents; and semantically analyzing each of the plurality of documents.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said step of linguistically analyzing each of the plurality of documents comprises the steps of: parsing one of the plurality of documents to identify significant phrases therein; and assigning relevancy co des to the significant phrases.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said step of linguistically analyzing each of the plurality of documents comprises the steps of: syntactically analyzing the plurality of documents to identify grammatically significant phrases; and semantically analyzing the plurality of documents to identify definitionally significant phrases.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said step of linguistically analyzing each of the plurality of documents comprises the steps of: converting words in each of the plurality of documents to stemmed words; determining the frequency of occurrence of each of the stemmed words; and assigning relevancy codes to each of the stemmed words based on their frequency of occurrence, with a most frequently occurring one of the stemmed words receiving a relevancy code indicating highest relevancy.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of prompting the user to construct a query expression comprises the steps of: presenting a list of the keyword phrases to the user; and in response to the user selecting one of the keyword phrases, adding the keyword phrase to the query expression.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of prompting the user to construct a query expression comprises the steps of: presenting a list of the keyword phrases to the user; and logically joining a user-selected one of the keyword phrases to the query expression.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said step of logically joining a user-selected one of the keyword phrases to the query expression comprises the step of joining the user-selected one of the keyword phrases to the query expression with an operator selected from the group consisting of a logical AND operator, a logical OR operator and a logical NOT operator.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
70 words
A method for browsing documents stored in a computer-readable medium, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: identifying keyword phrases in the documents; prompting a user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; identifying one of the documents based on the query expression; generating an abstract from the identified one of the documents; and presenting the abstract to the user.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
70 words
A method for browsing documents stored in a computer-readable medium, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: identifying keyword phrases in the documents; prompting a user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; identifying one of the documents based on the query expression; generating an abstract from the identified one of the documents; and presenting the abstract to the user.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 10 wherein said step of generating an abstract from the identified one of the documents comprises the steps of: linguistically analyzing the identified one of the documents to identify concept sentences; and combining the concept sentences to form the abstract.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
80 words
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said plurality of sequences of instructions including sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of: automatically identifying for a user keyword phrases in documents readable by said processor; prompting the user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; and identifying one of the documents based on the query expression.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
80 words
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said plurality of sequences of instructions including sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of: automatically identifying for a user keyword phrases in documents readable by said processor; prompting the user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; and identifying one of the documents based on the query expression.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein said step of identifying keyword phrases in the documents comprises the step of linguistically analyzing each of the documents to identify the keyword phrases.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
52 words
The computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein said step of prompting the user to construct a query expression comprises the steps of: presenting a list of the keyword phrases to the user; and in response to the user selecting one of the keyword phrases, adding the keyword phrase to the query expression.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
93 words
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said plurality of sequences of instructions including sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of: identifying keyword phrases in documents readable by said processor; prompting a user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; identifying one of the documents based on the query expression; and generating an abstract from the identified one of the documents; and presenting the abstract to the user.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
93 words
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said plurality of sequences of instructions including sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of: identifying keyword phrases in documents readable by said processor; prompting a user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; identifying one of the documents based on the query expression; and generating an abstract from the identified one of the documents; and presenting the abstract to the user.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
134 words
A computer system comprising: a bus; a processor coupled to said bus; a user input device coupled to said bus; a display coupled to said bus; and a memory coupled to said bus, said memory being readable by said processor and having stored therein documents; and sequences of instructions which, when executed by said processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of: identifying keyword phrases in the documents; on said display, presenting the keyword phrases to a user; on said display, prompting the user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; receiving input from the user via said user input device; constructing the query expression based on the input from the user; and identifying one of the documents based on the query expression.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
134 words
A computer system comprising: a bus; a processor coupled to said bus; a user input device coupled to said bus; a display coupled to said bus; and a memory coupled to said bus, said memory being readable by said processor and having stored therein documents; and sequences of instructions which, when executed by said processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of: identifying keyword phrases in the documents; on said display, presenting the keyword phrases to a user; on said display, prompting the user to construct a query expression in which at least one of the keyword phrases is an operand; receiving input from the user via said user input device; constructing the query expression based on the input from the user; and identifying one of the documents based on the query expression.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for constructing a logical expression, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: automatically identifying keyword phrases in a plurality of documents; presenting the keyword phrases on a display; presenting a plurality of logical operation elements on the display, each logical operation element representing a logical operator; prompting a user to associate one of the keyword phrases with one of the plurality of logical operation elements; and joining the one of the keyword phrases to the logical expression based on the logical operator represented by the one of the plurality of logical operation elements.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
95 words
A method for constructing a logical expression, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: automatically identifying keyword phrases in a plurality of documents; presenting the keyword phrases on a display; presenting a plurality of logical operation elements on the display, each logical operation element representing a logical operator; prompting a user to associate one of the keyword phrases with one of the plurality of logical operation elements; and joining the one of the keyword phrases to the logical expression based on the logical operator represented by the one of the plurality of logical operation elements.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 17 wherein said step of presenting a plurality of logical operation elements comprises the step of presenting a logical operation element representing a logical AND operator.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 17 wherein said step of identifying keyword phrases in a plurality of documents comprises the step of linguistically analyzing each of the plurality of documents to identify the keyword phrases.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 17 wherein said step of prompting a user to associate one of the keyword phrases with one of the plurality of logical operation elements comprises the step of prompting a user to move one of the keyword phrases to one of the plurality of logical operation elements using a cursor control device.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
117 words
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said plurality of sequences of instructions including sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of: automatically identifying keyword phrases in a plurality of documents; presenting the keyword phrases on a display; presenting a plurality of logical operation elements on the display, each logical operation element representing a logical operator; prompting a user to associate one of the keyword phrases with one of the plurality of logical operation elements; and joining the one of the keyword phrases to a logical expression based on the logical operator represented by the one of the plurality of logical operation elements.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
117 words
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of sequences of instructions, said plurality of sequences of instructions including sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause said processor to perform the steps of: automatically identifying keyword phrases in a plurality of documents; presenting the keyword phrases on a display; presenting a plurality of logical operation elements on the display, each logical operation element representing a logical operator; prompting a user to associate one of the keyword phrases with one of the plurality of logical operation elements; and joining the one of the keyword phrases to a logical expression based on the logical operator represented by the one of the plurality of logical operation elements.
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