Patent ID: 7660783
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for performing ad-hoc analysis, the method comprising: generating, using a processor, a text index of a plurality of text items found in at least one electronic information source; generating, using a processor, a metadata lookup structure based, at least in part, on the text index, the metadata lookup structure including one or more metadata items associated with each of the text items, wherein generating the metadata lookup structure comprises interrogating the text index for one or more text items matching the one or more metadata items; facilitating a user search of the text index using one or more search queries, the searching producing search results including one or more text items matching the one or more search queries; retrieving one or more metadata items using the metadata lookup structure based on the search results; compiling results of the text index search into aggregated information based on the retrieved metadata items associated with each of the one or more text items in the search results, wherein the metadata lookup structure is used to retrieve the one or more metadata items associated with the one or more text items found in the search results; and reporting the aggregated information.