Joseph L Gonzalez

US Patent:

20060212415, Sep 21, 2006

Filed:

Mar 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/367021

Inventors:

Alejandro Backer - Altadena CA, US
Joseph Gonzalez - Glen Allen VA, US

International Classification:

G06N 5/00

US Classification:

706045000

Abstract:

Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for identifying relevant documents. The method receives a set of reference documents. The method analyzes the received set of reference documents. Based on this analysis, the method then identifies one or more documents that are potentially relevant to the discussion in one or more reference documents. In some embodiments, the method identifies the relevant documents by examining candidate documents that are on a computer or are accessible by a computer through a computer network (e.g., a local area network, a wide area network, or a network of networks, such as the Internet). In these embodiments, the method uses its analysis of the reference document set to determine whether the discussion (i.e., content) of the candidate document is relevant to the topics discussed in one or more of the reference documents. If so, the method of some embodiments identifies the candidate document as a potentially relevant document (i.e., as a document that is potentially relevant or related to the reference document set).