Patent ID: 7310633
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying a plurality of candidate summaries related to textual information based at least in part on a document; determining first and second attribute values based at least in part on the candidate summaries; determining a number of storage locations for the plurality of candidate summaries, the number of storage locations based at least in part on a size of the document; combining the plurality of candidate summaries into a plurality of combined candidate summaries; selecting from the plurality of combined candidate summaries a first highest-weighted combined candidate summary and a second highest-weighted combined candidate summary; comparing the first and second highest-weighted combined candidates; and determining an optimal candidate summary based at least in part on the first and second attribute values and at least in part on the comparison of the first and second highest-weighted combined candidate summaries; and outputting the optimal candidate summary.