Methods and apparatus for using a modified index to provide search results in response to an ambiguous search query
US6529903B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99937
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system allows a user to submit an ambiguous search query and to receive potentially disambiguated search results. In one implementation, a search engine's conventional alphanumeric index is translated into a second index that is ambiguated in the same manner as which the user's input is ambiguated. The user's ambiguous search query is compared to this ambiguated index, and the corresponding documents are provided to the user as search results.
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