Method for automatically selecting collections to search in full text searches
US5845278A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99943
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of selecting a subset of a plurality of document collections for searching in response to a predetermined query is based on accessing a meta-information data file that describes the query significant search terms that are present in a particular document collection correlated to normalized document usage frequencies of such terms within the documents of each document collection. By access to the meta-information data file, a relevance score for each of the document collections is determined. The method then returns an identification of the subset of the plurality of document collections having the highest relevance scores for use in evaluating the predetermined query. The meta-information data file may be constructed to include document normalized term frequencies and other contextual information that can be evaluated in the application of a query against a particular document collection. This other contextual information may include term proximity, capitalization, and phraseology as well as document specific information such as, but not limited to collection name, document type, document title, authors, date of publication, publisher, keywords, summary description of cont…
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