System And Method For Placing Candidate Spines Into A Display With The Aid Of A Digital Computer

摘要

A system and method for placing candidate spines into a display with the aid of a digital computer is provided. Candidate spines each having two or more clusters of documents are generated. Each cluster is associated with one or more concept scores for concepts identified within the documents of that cluster. A concept score vector is generated for each candidate spine by aggregating as spine concept scores, the cluster concept scores of the clusters associated with that candidate spine. The candidate spines are ordered by a number of the clusters associated with each candidate spine. Those candidate spines that are sufficiently dissimilar from the other candidate spines are identified based on the candidate spine concept score vectors. The sufficiently dissimilar candidate spines are placed in a display and at least a portion of the unplaced candidate spines are placed in relation to the placed candidate spines.

主权项

1. A system for placing candidate spines into a display with the aid of a digital computer, comprising:
a spine generator to generate candidate spines each comprising two or more clusters of documents, wherein each cluster is associated with one or more concept scores for concepts identified within the documents of that cluster; a score vector generator to generate a concept score vector for each candidate spine by aggregating as spine concept scores, the cluster concept scores of the clusters associated with that candidate spine; a spine order module to order the candidate spines by a number of the clusters associated with each candidate spine; a similarity module to identify those candidate spines sufficiently dissimilar from the other candidate spines based on the candidate spine concept score vectors; and a spine placement module to place the sufficiently dissimilar candidate spines in a display and to place at least a portion of the unplaced candidate spines in relation to the placed candidate spines.