Abstract:
Systems and methods that synchronize indexes are described. In one embodiment, a first index on a first client can be provided, wherein the first index comprises a plurality of terms associated with a plurality of events, the events comprising client activity associated with an article, and the first index can be synchronized with a second index or a second client by sending events from the first client to the second client, wherein the first and second indexes index the same events. In another embodiment, an event is retrieved from a first client, wherein the event comprises event data, the event is sent to a second client, the event is received by the second client as a new event, the new event comprising event data, a new event ID is associated with the new event, the new event ID is indexed, and the new event is stored.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for capturing information are described. In one embodiment, an event having an associated article is identified, article data associated with the article is identified, and a capture score for the event is determined based at least in part on article data. Article data can comprise, for example, one or a combination of a location of the article, a file-type of the article, and access data for the article. Event data associated with the event is compiled responsive at least in part to a comparison of the capture score and a threshold value.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for processing contact information are described. In one embodiment, an entity name is identified from an event associated with an article, wherein the entity name is associated with an entity and the event is associated with a user, contact information associated with the entity name is identified, the entity name and at least some of the contact information is indexed, and the entity name and at least some of the contact information is stored.
Abstract:
The invention is a method for retrieving answers to questions from an information retrieval system. The method involves automatically learning phrase features for classifying questions into different types, automatically generating candidate query transformations from a training set of question/answer pairs, and automatically evaluating the candidate transforms on information retrieval systems. At run time, questions are transformed into a set of queries, and re-ranking is performed on the documents retrieved.
Abstract:
A computer implemented meta search engine and search method. In accordance with this method, a query is forwarded to one or more third party search engines, and the responses from the third party search engine or engines are parsed in order to extract information regarding the documents matching the query. The full text of the documents matching the query are downloaded, and the query terms in the documents are located. The text surrounding the query terms are extracted, and that text is displayed.