Random sampling from a search engine
US12189695B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 19, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/986
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for providing one or more random sample documents from a corpus of documents using a search engine is provided. The providing of each of the random sample documents comprises selecting randomly a time window from a set of time windows. A search query is sent to the search engine defining a search for documents of the corpus with time-stamps within the time window defined by the randomly selected time window. In response to the sending of the search query, a search result is receiving from the search engine. The search result comprises a set of the documents of the corpus with time-stamps within the time window. One of the documents comprised by the received set of documents is then selected randomly.
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