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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Michael J. Witbrock, Newton, MA (US);
Mark Kantrowitz, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Vibhu O. Mittal, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Justsystem Corporation, Tokushima, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a computer-assisted method for generating a summary of or a browsing aid for a document. At an index creation time, information that is relevant to at least one dummy query and is necessary to compile at least one temporary summary for the summary or browsing aid is extracted from a document and cached for later use. The information may be compiled into the summary and saved as such. At a search time, the summary or browsing aid is generated using the information that was cached at index creation time. An apparatus for performing this computer-assisted method is also disclosed.