Method and system for collecting topically related resources
CA 2396459 A1 · Owner: Starzl, Timothy W. · Inventors: Starzl, Timothy W.; Starzl, Ravi S.
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An automated system and method for creating a topical data structure (110) of documents or other items from an inter-linked system of documents such as the , Web and/or the Internet (138). The data structure (126 and 134) can then be searched using conventional means information to generate highly relevant results. The system automatically utilizes pre-existing search resources to discover and collect (112) topically relevant information from the interlinked system of documents, which can be added to the topical data structure (110). The topically relevant information collected using the pre-existing search resources can be directly added to the data structure (126 and 134) or can be …
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- Filed November 17, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 17, 2020.
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