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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
Stephen J. Green, Burlington, MA (US);
Jeffrey L. Alexander, Arlington, MA (US);
Paul B. Lamere, Nashua, NH (US);
Stephen J. Green, Burlington, MA (US);
Jeffrey L. Alexander, Arlington, MA (US);
Paul B. Lamere, Nashua, NH (US);
Oracle America, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for accessing a file system including computing a first numerical similarity score for a first stored document and a second numerical similarity score for a second stored document by comparing a plurality of weighted active terms with a plurality of weighted indexed terms, determining a document order of the first stored document followed by the second stored document based on the first numerical similarity score exceeding the second numerical similarity score, generating a list of similar documents including the first stored document followed by the second stored document based on the document order, and displaying, in a file system interface and on the computer display, the list of similar documents while an active document is open in an active document interface.