A phonetic method of retrieving and presenting electronic information from large information sources, an apparatus for performing the method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer program element

摘要

The invention relates to a method of retrieving and presenting electronic information from an information source, said retrieval being based on a search request consisting of one or more given search terms. A selection of a first set of related search terms is performed from a set of possible search terms, said first selection being based on the syntactic resemblance between at least one of said given search terms and said possible search terms. Said given search request is modified in accordance with said set of related search terms, and said retrieval of information is based on said modified search request. A selection of a second set of related search terms from a predefined set of possible search terms is performed in accordance with the phonetic resemblance between each of said at least one of said given search terms and the contents of said set of possible search terms. The search terms to be included in said first set of related search terms are selected from said second set of search terms. The invention also relates to an apparatus for performing the method, to a computer-readable medium, and to a computer program element. <IMAGE>