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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1990
Peter G Anick, Marlboro, MA (US);
Jeffrey D Brennan, Allston, MA (US);
Rex A Flynn, Belmont, MA (US);
Bryan Alvey, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
David R Hanssen, Sterling, MA (US);
Jeffrey M Robbins, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus that translates a natural language query into a Boolean expression to be used to search a database. The Boolean expression is displayed on a screen so that the user can alter the Boolean expression using a mouse or similar input device and re-execute the search. The manipulations performed by the user include moving terms of the query, changing the order in which query terms are evaluated, adding terms, deleting terms, and selecting alternate versions of terms.
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