Patent ID: 8271502
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that when executed, cause a computing device to perform a method of summarizing content of a plurality of documents and presenting results of such multiple-document summarization to a user, the method comprising: receiving the plurality of documents in response to a search query; concatenating the plurality of documents to create a document chain, the document chain including a plurality of sentences; assigning a score to each of the plurality of sentences; examining a first pre-determined number of the plurality of sentences having the highest assigned scores to identify duplicate sentences; removing any identified duplicate sentences to create a preliminary sentence list; extracting a second pre-determined number of sentences from the preliminary sentence list to create an extracted sentence list, each sentence in the extracted sentence list corresponding to a single document of the plurality of documents, the each sentence representing a summary of the each sentence's associated document; and presenting separately each sentence from the extracted sentence list in association with an indicator of a source of the each sentence in a first area of a search results page, the first area being visually separated from a second area of the search results page, the second area presenting algorithmic search results associated with the search query.