System and method for budgeted generalization search in hierarchies
US7991769B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved system and method is provided for searching a collection of objects that may be located in hierarchies of auxiliary information for retrieval of response objects. A framework to perform a generalization search in hierarchies may be used to generalize a search by moving up to a higher level in a hierarchy of taxonomies or to specialize a search by moving down to a lower level in the hierarchy of taxonomies. Once the system may decide to enumerate response objects at a particular level of generalization, a budgeted generalization search may be used for enumerating a set of response objects within a budgeted cost.
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