Patent ID: 6708165
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for processing information, comprising:receiving a segmented judgment matrix, the segmented judgment matrix being a numerical matrix pairing each of a set of terms to each of a set of subject matter classifications, each term being a word or phrase, the segmented judgment matrix having a plurality of information submatrices, each element of each information submatrix representing a rating of a relevance of the term of the element to the subject matter classification of the element, each information submatrix being a numerical matrix representing the relevance of each of a subset of the set of terms to each of a subset of the set of subject matter classifications, the information submatrices forming a disjoint set in which no two information submatrices have any row or any column of the segmented judgment matrix in common, and each element of the segmented judgment matrix not contained in one of the information submatrices having a rating indicating an absence of relevance of the corresponding term to the corresponding subject matter classification; and using the segmented judgment matrix to calculate an information spectrum.