Searching large collections of text using multiple search engine

Details Searching large collections of text using multiple search engine Searching large collections of text using multiple search engine

1996-11-12

1999-11-16

Choules, Jack M.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707 5, G06F 1730

Patent

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059874465

ABSTRACT:
An information retrieval system is disclosed, wherein the system includes a plurality of text search engines based on substantially different computational searching techniques. By activating each search engine with input from a user information request, the output from each of the search engines is combined into a single list of information items. A ranking process ranks the information items in the combined list by utilizing information item ordering data also received from each of the search engines as to the relevance of the information items output by the search engine to the user's request. Thus, by providing higher rankings to those information items determined to be most relevant to the user's request by each of (or a majority of) the search engines, these information items have been found to be highly consistent in satisfying the user's request for information.

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