Automatic query refinement
US6941297B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99933
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for Automatic Query Refinement, the method including extracting at least one lexical affinity from at least one document in a search result set of documents, the set resulting from the application of a first query to a document search engine, adding the lexical affinity to the first query, thereby forming a new query, and applying the new query to the document search engine, resulting in a new search result set.
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