Patent ID: 7512609
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of indexing annotations to an information storage to generate a list of indexed annotations, the method comprising steps of: a) classifying words of the annotations based on a concordance and a dictionary so that the words have an associated classification, wherein: classifications comprise: b) assigning a normalized weight to words of each annotation, based on the associated classification of the words of each annotation, wherein a total normalized weight for the words of each annotation is equal to 1.00, wherein, the normalized weight assigned to words of each annotation based on the classifications associated with the words is determined by: determining whether the annotation contains any words in the unique classification, wherein: based on the number of words in the unique classification determining the weight to be apportioned to the remaining words occurs such that: of the weight apportioned to the remaining words, determining a share of the apportioned weight for each word such that: