| 摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a method, system, software and computer processor for searching an information store, in which documents containing searchable text are stored, for specific information on a particular topic. A search query is input into a search interface. The search query is processed to generate a search string incorporating search terms relating to the search query. The search string is transferred to at least one search engine to generate a preliminary set of potentially relevant results, each result with a link to an underlying document in the information store. The links are automatically followed to the underlying documents and the search terms are located therein. A text extract from the full searchable text of each underlying document is automatically selected based on the location of the search terms therein and pre-determined criteria applied thereto. A results list is generated by adding the text extract and other information relating to the underlying document as an entry in the results list. For each text extract, any words therein which are unique as compared to the text extracts for all other entries in the results list are identified. At least one entry with one or more unique words associated therewith is selected from the results list. A modified search query is automatically generated based on the one or more unique words. The modified search query is transferred to the at least one search engine to generate a modified list of results and the process repeated.</p> |
