Methods and system for information search and retrieval
AssigneeTravelocity.com LP
InventorKenneth Wills
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Abstract
An information search and retrieval process using geographical coordinates. An index of coordinates is built for a plurality of text based references, resources or sites, each having a set of said coordinates. A user inquiry is accepted containing a text reference. The text reference specified in the user inquiry is converted to a set of coordinates. A search is thereafter conducted against the index of coordinates based on the converted coordinates of the user inquiry reference. All information retrieved from the search is returned in a text based format.
Claims16
An information search and retrieval process using geographical coordinates, which process comprises:
- building an index of coordinates for a plurality of text based references, resources or sites, each having a set of said coordinates;
- accepting a user inquiry containing a text reference;
- converting said text reference specified in said user inquiry to a set of coordinates;
- searching against said index of coordinates based on the converted coordinates of said user inquiry reference;
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- returning all information retrieved from said searching in a text based format.
A geographical coordinates information search and retrieval system which comprises:
- an index of coordinates for a plurality of text based references, resources or sites, each having a set of said coordinates;
- means to accept a user inquiry containing a text reference;
- a set of coordinates for said user inquiry text reference converted from said text reference;
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- means to search against said coordinates index for said inquiry set of coordinates and to return information retrieved from said search.
A geographical coordinates information search and retrieval system which comprises:
- a plurality of documents from a source file or source files such as the world wide web;
- a geographical index containing text based references, resources or sites, each cross-referenced to a set of coordinates;
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- a document index categorized by said coordinates with cross references to said text based references, resources, or sites.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.