Patent ID: 6532469
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for visualizing variations in a corpus of information, including a plurality of information entries which are divided into a plurality of sub-groups according to a differentiating parameter of the entries, comprising:for each of the entries, extracting characteristics of information contained therein; finding pairs of different characteristics that appear together in at least one of the entries; determining an occurrence value for each of the pairs of characteristics in each sub-group in which both of the characteristics appear; comparing the occurrence values of at least some of the pairs of characteristics for at least two of the sub-groups; and providing an indication of the comparative occurrence values of the pairs; wherein the differentiating parameter defines an order, and wherein comparing the occurrence values comprises comparing the occurrence values in a first sub-group with the occurrence values in one or more previous sub-groups in the order.