Search system and method with text function tagging

A search system for identifying electronic documents stored on a computer readable device, and providing a search result in response to a search query, comprising:

• a server in communication with the computer readable device, the server comprising:
• memory comprising a corpus of electronic documents;
• a user interface module that receives a search query from a user;
• a search engine communicatively coupled to the user interface module to receive the search query, wherein the search engine accesses the corpus of electronic documents to identify documents that satisfy the search query;
• and
• a text function tagger that parses text excerpts of the identified documents and secondary documents, and applies text function tags to the text excerpts of the identified documents and secondary documents, wherein the text function tags identify semantic roles of the text excerpts,
• wherein the user interface module further generates a display of a search engine results page in response to the search query, the search engine results page including a listing of only a subset of the identified documents deemed by the search engine to be most relevant to the search query, each of the listed documents having a hyperlink to at least one similar document, the similar document being selected from the documents that satisfy the search query which were identified by the search engine based on the text function tags.

A method for identifying electronic documents stored on a computer readable device, and providing a search result in response to a search query, comprising:

• receiving a search query;
• identifying a predetermined number of documents that satisfy the search query, the predetermined number of documents including reference documents which are a subset of the identified documents that are deemed to be the most relevant to the search query, and secondary documents which are not the reference documents;
• parsing text excerpts of the reference documents and secondary documents, and applying text function tags to the text excerpts of the reference documents and secondary documents, wherein the text function tags identify semantic roles of the text excerpts;
• and
• generating a search engine results page in response to the search query, the search engine results page including a listing of the identified reference documents, each with a hyperlink to at least one secondary document identified based on the text function tags.

A method for identifying electronic documents stored on a non-transitory computer readable device, and providing a search result in response to a search query, comprising:

• receiving a search query from a user;
• accessing a corpus of electronic documents to identify documents that satisfy the search query;
• parsing text excerpts of the identified documents, and applying text function tags to the text excerpts of the identified documents, wherein the text function tags identify semantic roles of the text excerpts;
• and
• generating a search engine results page in response to the search query, the search engine results page including a listing of only a subset of the identified documents deemed to be most relevant to the search query, each of the listed documents having a hyperlink to a similar document;
• wherein the similar document is selected from the identified documents that satisfy the search query based on the text function tags.

A non-transitory computer readable device with executable instructions for identifying electronic documents stored on a computer readable media, and providing a search result in response to a search query, comprising:

• instructions for receiving a search query;
• instructions for identifying a predetermined number of documents that satisfy the search query, the predetermined number of documents including reference documents which are a subset of the identified documents that are deemed to be the most relevant to the search query, and secondary documents which are not the reference documents;
• instructions for parsing text excerpts of the reference documents and secondary documents, and instructions for applying text function tags to the text excerpts of the reference documents and secondary documents, wherein the text function tags identify semantic roles of the text excerpts;
• and
• instructions for generating a search engine results page in response to the search query, the search engine results page including a listing of the identified reference documents, each with a hyperlink to at least one secondary document identified based on the text function tags.

A non-transitory computer readable device with executable instructions for identifying electronic documents stored on a computer readable media, and providing a search result in response to a search query, comprising:

• instructions for receiving a search query from a user;
• instructions for accessing a corpus of electronic documents to identify documents that satisfy the search query;
• instructions for parsing text excerpts of the identified documents, and instructions for applying text function tags to the text excerpts of the identified documents, wherein the text function tags identify semantic roles of the text excerpts;
• and
• instructions for generating a search engine results page in response to the search query, the search engine results page including a listing of only a subset of the identified documents deemed to be most relevant to the search query, each of the listed documents having a hyperlink to a similar document;
• wherein the similar document is selected from the identified documents that satisfy the search query based on the text function tags.