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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Haggai Roitman, Yoknea'm Elit, IL;

Guy Feigenblat, Givataym, IL;

Roee Shraga, Haifa, IL;

Bar Weiner, Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/221 (2019.01); G06F 16/2282 (2019.01); G06F 16/2423 (2019.01);
Abstract

In a computerized information retrieval system: executing a search based on a query, to retrieve a set of tables ranked according to their relevancy to the query, wherein each of the tables includes one or more columns; selecting, from the retrieved tables, a predefined number of highest-ranking tables; scoring each column in the highest-ranking tables using a link analysis algorithm, and selecting, from the scored columns, a predefined number of highest-scoring columns; scoring terms contained within each of the highest-scoring columns, and selecting, from the scored terms, a predefined number of highest-scoring terms; re-ranking the highest-ranking tables by using the highest-scoring terms as pseudo relevance feedback that expands the query; and providing, as a response to the query, at least one of: the re-ranked tables, ordered according to the re-ranking, and data contained in at least one of the re-ranked tables, wherein the data are ordered according to the re-ranking.


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