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Method and device for constructing an arborescence of clusters of electronic documents

US8886678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2006
Grant dateNov 11, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/2246
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of assisting with the construction of a tree of clusters of electronic documents, the documents being defined by predetermined attributes. The method includes, for a given cluster of documents and a given level of the tree, the following steps: a) obtaining (E300) constraints defined between at least two documents of said cluster and storing those constraints; b) constructing (E310) subclusters as a function of the constraints obtained and the attributes of the documents of said cluster; c) creating (E320) a tree level corresponding to the subclusters created; and d) selecting (E340) a created subcluster and iterating the steps a), b), c) and d) for the selected subcluster until said tree is obtained. A device for implementing the method is also disclosed.

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