Patent ID: 9218414
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising the steps of: sending a query to a system core where said query is passed to a search component for searching documents, said searched documents comprising a plurality of media formats, in which said system core is configured to receive results from said search component that indicate at least one or many related documents of said query; passing to a summarization component at least a specified number of said received results, wherein said summarization component is configured to generally process said related documents including non-textual media elements corresponding to said specified number of results to substantially produce a multi-document summary, said multi-document summary comprising a digest, on a topic generally specified by said query, produced by analyzing at least syntax, semantics, textual content associated with said related documents and said non-textual media elements; extracting sentences and text fragments of said related documents, wherein said sentences and text fragments comprising an attached reference link to individual related documents from which said sentences and text fragments has been extracted; combining said sentences and text fragments with their attached reference links into said digest, in which said system core is configure to received said multi-document summary from said summarization component; receiving from said system core said multi-document summary for display as a product of said query; displaying said multi-document summary; receiving from said system core said results from said search component and displaying said results in addition to displaying said multi-document summary; and extracting and displaying semantic concepts to a user; enabling said user to use a presentation by said displaying steps to refine said query, to navigate to certain parts of said multi-document summary, to view said related documents by choosing at least one of said attached reference links in said digest, to view at least one of said related documents by choosing at least one of said results from said search component, to request another multi-document summary, to exclude at least one or many sentence fragments from said requested another multi-document summary, to exclude at least one or many related documents from said requested another multi-document summary, to include one or more related documents excluded in said specified number of said multi-document summary results, to choose a display preference for said attached reference links, to modify or regroup the contents of said multi-document summary, to choose a language for said query and said related documents, to substantially organize the contents of said multi-document summary, to save the currently displayed multi-document summary, and to rate said multi-document summary for feedback to said system core based at least on satisfaction and quality.