Methods and apparatus for presenting search results with indication of relative position of search terms

A computer program product for displaying search results for a search query comprising a plurality of search terms, said computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising:

• computer readable program code configured to receive said search query;
• computer readable program code configured to obtain at least one document satisfying said search query;
• computer readable program code configured to determine a relative position of at least two of said search terms in said at least one document;
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• computer readable program code configured to present at least a portion of said at least one document with a visual indication of said relative position of said at least two search terms in said at least one document, wherein said visual indication indicates a count of one or more intervening elements between said at least two search terms, wherein said relative position is indicated using a predefined character to indicate said one or more intervening elements between said at least two search terms and wherein said one or more intervening elements indicated by each predefined character comprises a given one of a character, word, line, paragraph and page.

An apparatus for displaying search results for a search query comprising a plurality of search terms, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to:
• receive said search query;
• obtain at least one document satisfying said search query;
• determine a relative position of at least two of said search terms in said at least one document;
• and
• present at least a portion of said at least one document with a visual indication of said relative position of said at least two search terms in said at least one document, wherein said visual indication indicates a count of one or more intervening elements between said at least two search terms, wherein said relative position is indicated using a predefined character to indicate said one or more intervening elements between said at least two search terms and wherein said one or more intervening elements indicated by each predefined character comprises a given one of a character, word, line, paragraph and page.