Indexing electronic documents
US10318582B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments for indexing documents in a computing device are disclosed such that a search engine can perform queries to retrieve relevant portions of a document in a computationally-efficient manner. A document structure and a document layout are extracted from a document, where the document structure defines a logical structure of content of the document, and the document layout defines a visual layout of the content of the document. A search index can be populated using the document structure and the document layout. When a search query is performed, the search results can be ranked by relevance, for example, based on a role of a user account, such that more relevant documents can be presented before less relevant documents.
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