System and method for management of synonymic searching

A system for generating a synonymic search query for searching for desired information from a corpus of information, said system comprising:

• means for receiving a query for desired information;
• means for determining at least one synonymic query that is synonymous in meaning with said received query;
• means for receiving input tuning a number (Q) of synonymic queries to be included in a constructed synonymic search query;
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• means for constructing a synonymic search query having Q number of synonymic queries.

A method for computerized searching for desired information from a corpus of information, the method comprising:

• performing a synonymic search query for desired information from a corpus of information, said synonymic search query comprising a plurality of queries that are synonymous in meaning;
• receiving identification of resulting documents responsive to each of said plurality of queries;
• and
• ranking said received documents based at least in part on a weighting assigned to each of said plurality of queries.

Computer-executable software code stored on a computer-readable medium, said computer-executable software code comprising:

• code for performing a synonymic search query for desired information from a corpus of information, said synonymic search query comprising a plurality of queries that are synonymous in meaning;
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• code for receiving identification of resulting documents responsive to each of said plurality of queries;
• and
• code for ranking said received documents based at least in part on a weighting assigned to each of said plurality of queries.