Electronic document retrieval and reporting with review cost and/or time estimation

摘要

Method, apparatus and conmputer readable medium are provided to provide an estimated review time and/or cost for search results.The estimations are based on number of documents, types of documents, number of pages of the documents and language of the documents. A method for retrieving electronic documents using a Web-based graphical user interface that allows users to construct complex queries that include Boolean clauses, proximity clauses and/or keyword phrases, without requiring the users to have a working knowledge of query languages is also disclosed. The Web-based graphical user interface also allows users to specify a semantic meaning for one or more search terms. The approach also allows users to generate various reports for search results. Various filters may be applied to manage the amount of reporting data and semantic meanings may be applied to increase relevancy.