Patent Document ID: 8005845
Application ID: 12124086

Base Claim:
1. A method, comprising: ascertaining an intent of a query; determining by a processor a relevance of each one of a plurality of lines of text of a document based upon the intent of the query, content of the query, and content of each of the plurality of lines of text, wherein the document is a single search result returned in response to the query; ranking the plurality of lines of text according to the determined relevance of each of the plurality of lines of text; and generating a summary of the single search result using a subset of the plurality of lines of text based upon the ranking of the plurality of lines of text.

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Claim 3:
3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining a relevance of each one of a plurality of lines of text of a document based upon the intent of the query, content of the query, and content of each of the plurality of lines of text comprises: determining a query-independent relevance of each of the plurality of lines of text in the document; determining a query-dependent relevance of each of the plurality of lines of text in the document; and calculating the relevance of each one of the plurality of lines of text based upon the intent of the query, the query independent relevance of the one of the plurality of lines of text in the document and the query dependent relevance of the one of the plurality of lines of text in the document.