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Document ranking based on semantic distance between terms in a document

US7716216B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2004
Grant dateMay 11, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/34
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed that locate implicitly defined semantic structures in a document, such as, for example, implicitly defined lists in an HTML document. The semantic structures can be used in the calculation of distance values between terms in the documents. The distance values may be used, for example, in the generation of ranking scores that indicate a relevance level of the document to a search query.

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