Patent ID: 6697801
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of parsing and indexing text using a set of executable instructions, comprising:receiving one or more characters; recognizing one or more of the characters as a first level text entity, wherein the first level text entity comprises a string of characters from a source text whose boundaries are delineated by spaces; recognizing one more of the characters of the first level text entity as one or more lower level text entities, wherein the lower level entities are separated by at least one of a special character and one or more rules; assigning a first level value with the first level text entity operative to determine a position of the first level text entity in a source text; and assigning one or more lower level values subordinate to the first level value with the lower level text entities, wherein each lower level value is assigned a value that has a hierarchical relationship with respect to a first level value such that the lower level values are thereby operative to indicate one or more positions of the lower level text entities in the first level text entity.