Patent ID: 8060501
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a document that includes first, second, third, and fourth terms; identifying, by the one or more processors, that a list is present within the document, where the list includes a plurality of items; determining, by the one or more processors, that the first and second terms appear in the list; determining, by the one or more processors, in response to determining that the first and second terms appear in the list, a distance value between the first and second terms within the list, where the distance value is determined based on at least one of a plurality of rules that is associated with particular locations, in the list, of the first and second terms, where determining the distance value includes: generating, by the one or more processors, a ranking score for the document based on the distance value; and ordering, by the one or more processors, the document with respect to at least one other document based on the ranking score for the document.