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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2009
Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);
John C. Thomas, Jr., Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Peter K. Malkin, Ardsley, NY (US);
John C. Thomas, Jr., Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for presenting search results with indication of relative position of search terms. According to one aspect of the invention, search results are displayed for a search query comprising a plurality of search terms. A search query is received, for example, from a user and at least one document satisfying the search query is obtained. The disclosed method determines a relative position of at least two of the search terms in the document and at least a portion of the document is presented with an indication of the relative position of the at least two search terms in the document. The relative position is indicated using a predefined character to indicate one or more intervening elements between the at least two search terms. A relevance ranking can optionally be presented that is based on the relative position of the at least two search terms.