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System and method for intelligent term grouping

US8706709B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 2009
Grant dateApr 22, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/374
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided in one example embodiment and it includes identifying a root word for a tree to be used in managing data and creating a word stem to be included in the tree. A query is initiated to determine whether a stem node exists at one or more branch points of the word, and if the stem node does not exist, then the stem node is added to a branch point of the tree. In more specific embodiments, if the stem node does exist, then node statistics are updated. In other embodiments, the method includes updating a branch point list after creating the word stem. In yet other embodiments, the branch point is a word or a combination of words. The tree can be used to identify locations and frequencies within a document set where one or more words are present.

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