Patent ID: 7117200
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising the steps of: receiving a query; separating a plurality of information sources into individual elements of content (EOC); tagging each EOC with metadata; pattern matching each EOC; calculating a distance function from every EOC to every other EOC; providing the EOC to a set of virtual buffers, each EOC being provided to one of the set of virtual buffers that is pre-defined to contain EOC with less than a given distance value between each other; concatenating the EOC in each virtual buffer; applying a comparative analysis filter to remove redundant sub-elements; synthesizing summary digests by extracting context-preserving EOC, the EOC having a distance function value less than a predetermined value; and presenting results as summary digests, wherein the summary digests comprise color-coded sub-elements of content based on the number of EOC containing that particular sub-element.