US 8,510,327 B2 · Method and process for semantic or faceted search over unstructured and annotated data

Abstract

A semantic query over a corpus of data is constructed using a graphical user interface to create an aggregation of graphical representations of annotations associated with a plurality of data elements contained within the corpus of data and graphical representations of search terms contained within the plurality of data elements. The aggregation includes at least one annotation and at least one search term. The relative positions of the graphical representations of the annotations and the search terms are manipulated within the aggregation within the graphical user interface to express relationships among the annotations and search terms, yielding a visual spatial representation of the semantic query. The annotations, search terms and expressed relationships define the semantic query that is used to search the corpus of data.

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Dependent claims

A method for constructing a semantic query over a corpus of data, the method comprising:

using a graphical user interface to create an aggregation of graphical representations of annotations associated with a plurality of data elements contained within the corpus of data and graphical representations of search terms contained within the plurality of data elements, by:
creating a separate display window within the graphical user interface for each annotation and for each search term;
and
entering an annotation or search term into each display, wherein the aggregation comprises at least one annotation and at least one search term;
manipulating relative positions of the graphical representations of the annotations and the search terms within the aggregation within the graphical user interface to express relationships among the annotations and search terms by moving the display windows within the graphical user interface relative to each other to generate a visual spatial representation of the semantic query, the annotations, search terms and expressed relationships defining the semantic query;
and
searching the corpus of data using the defined semantic query.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing a computer-readable code that when read by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for configuring a memory subsystem of a computing system, the method comprising:

using a graphical user interface to create an aggregation of graphical representations of annotations associated with a plurality of data elements contained within the corpus of data and graphical representations of search terms contained within the plurality of data elements, wherein the aggregation comprises at least one annotation and at least one search term;
manipulating relative positions of the graphical representations of the annotations and the search terms within the aggregation within the graphical user interface to express relationships among the annotations and search terms by moving graphical representations of annotations to express a relationship between two or more graphical representations of annotations, the annotations, search terms and expressed relationships defining the semantic query;
and
searching the corpus of data using the defined semantic query.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and process for semantic or faceted search over unstructured and annotated data

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Method and process for semantic or faceted search over unstructured and annotated data

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