System and Method for Gathering, Restructuring, and Searching Text Data from Several Different Data Sources

摘要

Collecting and analyzing crime related information is one of the most important tasks of law enforcement agencies. Traditionally, crime related information is entered into structured database that allows law enforcement officers to later search the database. However, the user interface is often not well suited for easily finding relevant documents quickly. To improve the situation, a law enforcement information system that stores data in two different types of formats is disclosed. Crime related information is stored both in a traditional structured database and in a modified natural language database. The modified natural language database is then indexed and may be searched with an internet search engine type of user interface.