Method, system, and computer program product for searching for, navigating among, and ranking of documents in a personal web
AssigneeTelenor ASA
InventorsGeoffrey Canright, Kenth Engo-Monsen
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for a personal search engine that includes a hybrid web composed of: the similarity web, and directed hyperlinks. Components include a parser (extracting words from documents); a text relevance analyzer; a link analysis method; the similarity web; a similarity analyzer; and hyperlinks. Other components include a navigation window; and FQSs. The combination of all the above may be incorporated into a working personal search engine.
Claims97
A method for searching electronic material stored in a computing environment using a computer, comprising:
- providing a plurality of documents;
- determining, using the computer, an undirected, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents, based on similarity;
- determining, using the computer, a directed, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents;
- adding said determined undirected, weighted links to said determined directed, weighted links to create a hybrid web having links;
- and
- performing, using the computer, a link analysis algorithm taking the links of said hybrid web as its input, said algorithm including at least one of forward link analysis and backward link analysis, wherein
- the output of said algorithm is a set of link analysis scores.
A tangible computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program that when executed performs a method of searching electronic material stored in a computing environment, said method comprising:
- providing a plurality of documents;
- determining an undirected, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents, based on similarity;
- determining a directed, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents;
- adding said determined undirected, weighted links to said determined directed, weighted links to create a hybrid web having links;
- and
- performing a link analysis algorithm taking the links of said hybrid web as its input, said algorithm including at least one of forward link analysis and backward link analysis, wherein
- the output of said algorithm is a set of link analysis scores.
A search device configured to search electronic material stored in a computing environment, comprising:
- means for providing a plurality of documents;
- means for determining an undirected, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents, based on similarity;
- means for determining a directed, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents;
- means for adding said determined undirected, weighted links to said determined directed, weighted links to create a hybrid web having links;
- and
- means for performing a link analysis algorithm taking the links of said hybrid web as its input, said algorithm including at least one of forward link analysis and backward link analysis, wherein
- the output of said algorithm is a set of link analysis scores.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.