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Information management system

Patent 5634051 Issued on May 27, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject January 11, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 585383 filed on 01/11/1996

US Classes:

707/5Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)

Examiners

Primary: Amsbury, Wayne

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 017/30

Abstract

An information storage, searching and retrieval system for large (gigabytes) domains of archived textual dam. The system includes multiple query generation processes, a search process, and a presentation of search results that is sorted by category or type and that may be customized based on the professional discipline (or analogous personal characteristic of the user), thereby reducing the amount of time and cost required to retrieve relevant results.

Other References

  • Seaching on Dialog, Dialog Information Services, Inc, Palo Alto, CA, pp. 51, 18, 24, 26, 283, 1992
  • Text Search and Retrieval Reference Manual, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Dec. 3, 1991, excerpt pp. p1-p7
  • Chen, Hsinchun, et al; "Generating, Integrating, and Activating Thesauri for Concept-Based Document Retrieval," IEEE Xepert, Apr. 1993, pp. 25-3
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