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US 10,255,334 B1Granted
User interface for finding similar documents
AssigneeVeritas Technologies LLC
InventorsNelson Murray Wiggins, Karen Williams, Gary Steven Lehrman, Kurt Leafstrand
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Abstract
A count of documents similar to a reference document is determined based on a plurality of similarity ratings. Each similarity rating may be based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and the corresponding similar documents. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided. The GUI may include a GUI element that is associated with the similar documents. Furthermore, the GUI element may include a visual representation of a number of documents for each similarity rating that are retrievable based on a selection of the corresponding similarity rating. The GUI element may be provided prior to retrieving one of the similar documents.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- determining by at least one computer processor counts of documents similar to a reference document based on a plurality of similarity ratings, wherein each similarity rating is based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and corresponding similar documents;
- providing, by the at least one computer processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI element associated with the similar documents, wherein the first GUI element comprises a visual representation of a histogram corresponding to a distribution of a number of documents for each similarity rating, of the plurality of similarity ratings, that are retrievable based on a selection of the corresponding similarity rating to allow a user to see how many documents are similar to a particular document at each similarity rating of the plurality of similarity ratings, and wherein the first GUI element is provided prior to retrieving one of the similar documents;
- receiving input via the GUI of a user-specified similarity rating threshold corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of similarity ratings displayed on the visual representation;
- running a search of the documents based on the user-specified similarity rating;
- and
- updating, by the at least one computer processor, the visual representation to represent the similar documents having a similarity rating matching the user-specified similarity rating threshold, the updating of the visual representation including displaying the number of documents for the user-specified similarity rating threshold that are retrievable;
- receiving a user input to move a position of a second GUI element on the histogram, wherein the moving of the second GUI element corresponds to selecting another similarity rating on the histogram;
- and
- updating the GUI to indicate the number of documents for the another similarity rating that are retrievable based on a selection of the another similarity rating.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one computer processor operatively coupled with the memory to:
- determine counts of documents similar to a reference document based on a plurality of similarity ratings, wherein each similarity rating is based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and corresponding similar documents;
- provide a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI element associated with the similar documents, wherein the first GUI element comprises a visual representation of a histogram corresponding to a distribution of a number of documents for each similarity rating, of the plurality of similarity ratings, that are retrievable based on a selection of the corresponding similarity rating to allow a user to see how many documents are similar to a particular document at each similarity rating of the plurality of similarity ratings, and wherein the first GUI element is provided prior to retrieving one of the similar documents;
- receiving input via the GUI of a user-specified similarity rating threshold;
- and
- updating, by the at least one computer processor, the visual representation to represent the similar documents having a similarity rating matching the user-specified similarity rating threshold, the updating of the visual representation including displaying the number of documents for the user-specified similarity rating threshold that are retrievable;
- receive a user input to move a position of a second GUI element on the histogram, wherein the moving of the second GUI element corresponds to selecting another similarity rating on the histogram;
- and
- update the GUI to indicate the number of documents for the another similarity rating that are retrievable based on a selection of the another similarity rating.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one computer processor, cause the at least one computer processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining counts of documents similar to a reference document based on a plurality of similarity ratings, wherein each similarity rating is based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and corresponding similar documents;
- providing a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI element associated with the similar documents, wherein the first GUI element comprises a visual representation of a of a histogram corresponding to a distribution of a number of documents for each similarity rating, of the plurality of similarity ratings, that are retrievable based on a selection of the corresponding similarity rating to allow a user to see how many documents are similar to a particular document at each similarity rating of the plurality of similarity ratings, and wherein the first GUI element is provided prior to retrieving one of the similar documents;
- receiving input via the GUI of a user-specified similarity rating threshold corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of similarity ratings displayed on the visual representation;
- running a search of the documents based on the user-specified similarity rating;
- and
- updating, by the at least one computer processor, the visual representation to represent the similar documents having a similarity rating matching the user-specified similarity rating threshold, the updating of the visual representation including displaying the number of documents for the user-specified similarity rating threshold that are retrievable;
- receiving a user input to move a position of a second GUI element on the histogram, wherein the moving of the second GUI element corresponds to selecting another similarity rating on the histogram;
- and
- updating the GUI to indicate the number of documents for the another similarity rating that are retrievable based on a selection of the another similarity rating.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.