Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1997-10-29
2000-01-11
Choules, Jack M.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
G06F 1730
Patent
active
060146656
ABSTRACT:
A method of organizing information in which the search activity of users is monitored and such activity is used to suggest additional key terms for addition to a search query. The invention operates by assigning scores to key term groupings in an index. As users enter search queries of two or more key terms, the scores are altered. The scores are then used in subsequent searches to suggest other key terms which can be added to the search query to narrow the search. As millions of people use the Internet and type in millions of search queries, the invention learns which key terms should be suggested for addition to a search query through an evolutionary process.
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Choules Jack M.
Culliss Gary
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