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Generating a fingerprint for a document

US7555489B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 1, 2005
Grant dateJun 30, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/30
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Mechanisms for generating a set of one or more elements of a fingerprint for a document, the document comprising a semantic construct having one or more ordered words, are provided. With these mechanisms, a range of sizes for a fingerprint element is defined and ordered words of the semantic construct are divided into a set of one or more mutually exclusive fingerprint elements. Each of the one or more mutually exclusive fingerprint elements includes a number of adjacent words, the number being within the range of sizes for a fingerprint element. Responsive to a determination that the set of mutually exclusive fingerprint elements excludes a word from the semantic construct, the excluded word is discarded.

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