Patent Document ID: 7680812
Application ID: 11227495

Base Claim:
1. A method for searching electronic material stored in a computing environment using a computer, comprising: providing a plurality of documents; determining, using the computer, an undirected, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents, based on similarity; determining, using the computer, a directed, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents; adding said determined undirected, weighted links to said determined directed, weighted links to create a hybrid web having links; and performing, using the computer, a link analysis algorithm taking the links of said hybrid web as its input, said algorithm including at least one of forward link analysis and backward link analysis, wherein the output of said algorithm is a set of link analysis scores.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining a directed, weighted link between at least two of said plurality of documents includes establishing a hyperlink between a first document and a second document, wherein said step of establishing a hyperlink comprises one of: anchoring said hyperlink in text of one of said first and second documents, linking said first and second document with an unanchored hyperlink, wherein said step of establishing a hyperlink further comprises one of: entering said hyperlink via an input terminal, and establishing said hyperlink automatically.