Automatic index term augmentation in document retrieval
US6850935B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99945
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for automatically assigning index terms to electronic documents such as Web pages or sites in a manner which may be used to facilitate the retrieval of electronic documents of interest. The method involves determining co-occurrences of terms in other documents with the electronic document, and selecting terms as index terms based upon those scores. The method permits the efficient retrieval of electronic documents.
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