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Semantic search system using semantic ranking scheme

US8402018B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 2010
Grant dateMar 19, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/3344
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semantic search system using a semantic ranking scheme including: an ontology analyzer analyzing ontology data related to a search target to determine a weight value of each property according to a weighing method for property; a semantic path extractor extracting all the semantic paths between resources and query keywords and determining a weight value of each extracted semantic path according to the semantic path weight value determination scheme by using the weight value of each property; a relevant resource searcher traversing an instance graph of ontology based on a semantic path having a pre-set length and weight value of more than an expectation level to search resources that have a semantic relationship with the query keywords and are declared as a type presented in the query; and a semantic relevance ranker selecting a top-k results having the highest rank from among the candidate results extracted by the relevant resource researcher by using a relevance scoring function.

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