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US 2006/0136403 A1Published application
System and method for digital content searching based on determined intent
OwnerCharles Kooinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for searching determines an intent of a user based on symptoms entered by the user. The refined query of symptoms and/or intent are forwarded to a search engine to perform a search.
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A computer-based method, comprising:
- determining at least two intents based on a first medical symptom;
- determining at least one related medical symptom based on the determined at least two intents;
- and
- revising the determined at least two intents based on a symptom selected by a user from the at least one related medical symptom.
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A system, comprising:
- a construct knowledgebase of symptoms and intents related to the symptoms;
- and
- a core capable of
- determining at least two intents based on a first symptom using the construct knowledgebase;
- determining at least one related symptom based on the determined at least two intents using the knowledgebase;
- and
- revising the determined at least two intents based on based on a symptom selected by a user from the at least one related symptom using the knowledgebase.
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A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions to cause a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
- determining at least two intents based on a first symptom;
- determining at least one related symptom based on the determined at least two intents;
- and
- revising the determined at least two intents based on based on a symptom selected by a user from the at least one related symptom.
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A system, comprising:
- means for determining at least two intents based on a first symptom;
- means for determining at least one related symptom based on the determined at least two intents;
- and
- means for revising the determined at least two intents based on based on a symptom selected by a user from the at least one related symptom.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.