Patent ID: 8239382
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of creating and utilizing an index of network data for a set of message data, the index being arranged for searching the set of message data, the method comprising: creating a set of dialogue records, where each dialogue record is the set of messages corresponding to a directional dialogue link between a sender and recipient pair in a message corpus, logging each of the set of messages in each corresponding dialogue record; creating an index of terms from the set of messages, the index being arranged to indicate, for each term, at least one dialogue record in which the message comprising the respective term is logged, wherein creating the index further comprises weighting each occurrence of a given dialogue record, the weighting being determined using a count of the number of the messages logged in the respective dialogue record comprising the respective term; performing a search for a search term in the set of message data using the index; compiling a set of selected dialogue records from the index, each selected dialogue record logging one or more messages comprising the search term; and displaying the messages logged in each selected dialogue record in order by the weighting.