US 2007/0168344 A1 · Data product search using related concepts

Abstract

Systems and methods for searching data. A search for related terms is initiated of at least one data product using at least one term. A ranked list of all the terms in the matching data products is returned and the ranked list is displayed to a user. The user modifies the weight values of a search term or adds a new term to the query. The search is reinitiated using the modified weight values. Alternatively, a search for data products is initiated of at least one data product using at least one term. A ranked list of all data products and significant terms in those products is returned and the ranked list is displayed to a user. The user modifies the weight values of a search term or adds a new term to the query. The search is reinitiated using the modified weight values.

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Dependent claims

A method of searching a plurality of data products stored at one or more locations over a computer-based network, the method comprising:

searching the plurality of data products based on a search string comprising at least one term;
if at least one data product was found from the search, ranking a list of significant terms in the found data products based on a weight value for each of the significant terms in all the found data products;
and
displaying the ranked list of significant terms.

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Data product search using related concepts

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Data product search using related concepts

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Abstract

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