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US8024323B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 10, 2008
Grant dateSep 20, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q30/0251
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A facility for defining a group of people is described. The facility provides a visual user interface containing a control for receiving a query string. The facility receives a query string via the control, and uses an index on a body of documents to identify documents of the body that satisfy the received query string. The facility accesses a record indicating which documents of the body were accessed by each of a population of people during a foregoing time period to identify people among the population that accessed at least a threshold number of the identified documents during the foregoing time period. The facility displays within the visual user interface, in conjunction with the control, information characterizing the people identified.

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