System for automatically generating queries

A system for automatically generating a query from selected document content, comprising:

• an entity extractor for automatically identifying a set of entities in the selected document content for searching information related thereto using an information retrieval system;
• a categorizer for defining an organized classification of document content with each class in the organization of content having associated therewith a classification label;
• each classification label corresponding to a category of information in the information retrieval system;
• the categorizer automatically assigning the selected document content a classification label from the organized classification of content;
• and
• a query generator for automatically formulating the query to restrict a search at the information retrieval system for information concerning the set of entities to the category of information in the information retrieval system identified by the assigned classification label.

An article of manufacture for use in a computer system, comprising:

• a memory;
• instructions stored in the memory for operating a method for automatically generating a query from selected document content, comprising:
• defining an organized classification of document content with each class in the organized classification of document content having associated therewith a classification label;
• each classification label corresponding to a category of information in an information retrieval system;
• automatically identifying a set of entities in the selected document content for searching information related thereto using the information retrieval system;
• automatically categorizing the selected document content using the organized classification of document content for assigning the selected document content a classification label from the organized classification of content;
• and
• automatically formulating the query to restrict a search at the information retrieval system for information concerning the set of entities to the category of information in the information retrieval system identified by the assigned classification label.