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Method for providing more informative results in response to a search of electronic documents
Assignee: Intel Corp
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Filing: 1997-09-23
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Granted: 2000-05-30
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Expires: 2017-09-23
Abstract
Abstract A method provides a more informative result to a user in connection with the search for documents in a database. In particular, the method provides augmented addresses, in the Internet environment augmented universal resource locators, which include an indication of a document attribute which may be of interest to the user. Such attributes may include an indication of the language of the document (e.g., English or Japanese) or the popularity of the document.
Inventors
- 👤 Guy Jacobson
- 👤 Balachander Krishnamurthy
- 👤 Divesh Srivastava
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 03:34
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/951; G06F16/953; G06F16/9532; G06F16/9538; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99934
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A method for providing more informative results in response to a search of electronic documents in an unstructured database, where each document has a document address associated therewith, the method comprising the steps of: associating a parameter field with a document address of an electronic document; determining an attribute of said electronic document; storing said determined attribute in said parameter field; receiving a search request including a desired attribute; for each of a plurality of electronic documents comparing said desired attribute to said determined attribute in the parameter field for that document; and presenting, as a search result, the document address of an electronic document having a determined attribute matching said desired attribute.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
113 words
A method for providing more informative results in response to a search of electronic documents in an unstructured database, where each document has a document address associated therewith, the method comprising the steps of: associating a parameter field with a document address of an electronic document; determining an attribute of said electronic document; storing said determined attribute in said parameter field; receiving a search request including a desired attribute; for each of a plurality of electronic documents comparing said desired attribute to said determined attribute in the parameter field for that document; and presenting, as a search result, the document address of an electronic document having a determined attribute matching said desired attribute.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said determined attribute identifies the language of the associated document.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said determined attribute identifies a geographic location of a source for the associated document.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said determined attribute defines a relative popularity of the corresponding document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
61 words
In a method for searching for electronic documents in an unstructured database in response to a search query containing at least one keyword, an improvement comprising: associating an attribute of an electronic document with a document address for that document; identifying a document responsive to the search query; and presenting the document address and associated attribute of the identified electronic document.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
In a method for searching for electronic documents in an unstructured database in response to a search query containing at least one keyword, an improvement comprising: associating an attribute of an electronic document with a document address for that document; identifying a document responsive to the search query; and presenting the document address and associated attribute of the identified electronic document.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The improvement of 5 wherein said attribute identifies the language of the corresponding document.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The improvement of 5 wherein said attribute identifies the language of the corresponding document.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The improvement of claim 5 wherein said attribute identifies a geographic location of a source for the corresponding document.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The improvement of claim 5 wherein said attribute identifies a relative popularity of said corresponding document.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The improvement of 8 wherein said relative popularity of a given document is defined in terms of the number of other electronic documents providing links to that given document.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
The improvement of 8 wherein said relative popularity of a given document is defined in terms of the number of other electronic documents providing links to that given document.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
The improvement of claim 8 wherein said relative popularity of a given document is defined in terms of the number of times the document has been identified as a result of a search over a predetermined time interval.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
79 words
In an unstructured database, a method for identifying an electronic document in response to a search request, the method comprising the steps of: augmenting a universal resource locator (URL) of a document to reflect an attribute of that document; determining a plurality of electronic documents to be responsive to a given search request; and presenting as a search result the augmented URL for each document having an augmented URL which is identified to be responsive to the search request.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
79 words
In an unstructured database, a method for identifying an electronic document in response to a search request, the method comprising the steps of: augmenting a universal resource locator (URL) of a document to reflect an attribute of that document; determining a plurality of electronic documents to be responsive to a given search request; and presenting as a search result the augmented URL for each document having an augmented URL which is identified to be responsive to the search request.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said attribute of the augmented URL reflects a geographic location of the source of the corresponding identified document.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said attribute of the augmented URL reflects a language of the corresponding identified document.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said attribute of the augmented URL reflects a relative popularity of the corresponding identified document.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 14 wherein said attribute of the augmented URL identifies the number of other documents providing links to the corresponding identified documents.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 14 wherein said relative popularity of a given document is defined in terms of the number of times the document has been identified as a result of a search over a predetermined time interval.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
100 words
A method for searching for electronic documents in an unstructured database, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a search query including a keyword and a document attribute; comparing said search query to a plurality of documents, said step of comparing comprising the steps of, for each of the plurality of documents determining whether the document includes said keyword; and determining whether the document satisfies the document attribute identified in said search query; and presenting, in the results of the search, the document address of each document that is found to satisfy the search query during said step of comparing.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
100 words
A method for searching for electronic documents in an unstructured database, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a search query including a keyword and a document attribute; comparing said search query to a plurality of documents, said step of comparing comprising the steps of, for each of the plurality of documents determining whether the document includes said keyword; and determining whether the document satisfies the document attribute identified in said search query; and presenting, in the results of the search, the document address of each document that is found to satisfy the search query during said step of comparing.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 17 wherein said document address constitutes a universal resource locator (URL).
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 18 wherein said results include an augmented URL for each document that is found to satisfy the search query, said augmented URL including the URL of the document and an attribute of the document.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 17 wherein said step of presenting includes providing an attribute of the document that is found to satisfy the search query during said step of comparing.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 20 wherein the attribute presented in said step of presenting differs from said attribute in said search query.
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