Information navigation system using clusterized information resource topology
US5761418A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information navigation system based on an information resource topology among information resources in which each information resource is associated with at least one term combination and a set of links, where each term combination specifies a set of terms describing each information resource and each link links information resources with matching term combinations, and for every existing term combination, a set of information resources that contain said every existing term combination form a cluster, where a cluster is defined as a set of information resources for which there exists at least one path between every pair of information resources in said set of information resources such that said at least one path contains only information resources from said set of information resources and a path is defined as a series of information resources connected through links. The information navigation functions including gathering, searching, and topology managing can be realized on this the information resource topology.
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