Granted Patent B1

US 10,255,334 · App. 14/607,979 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Inventors: Nelson Murray Wiggins (San Jose, CA); Karen Williams (Sunnyvale, CA); Gary Steven Lehrman (Cupertino, CA); Kurt Leafstrand (Saratoga, CA)

Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC

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Abstract

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

determining by at least one computer processor counts of documents similar to a reference document based on a plurality of similarity ratings, wherein each similarity rating is based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and corresponding similar documents;

providing, by the at least one computer processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI element associated with the similar documents, wherein the first GUI element comprises a visual representation of a histogram corresponding to a distribution of a number of documents for each similarity rating, of the plurality of similarity ratings, that are retrievable based on a selection of the corresponding similarity rating to allow a user to see how many documents are similar to a particular document at each similarity rating of the plurality of similarity ratings, and wherein the first GUI element is provided prior to retrieving one of the similar documents;

receiving input via the GUI of a user-specified similarity rating threshold corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of similarity ratings displayed on the visual representation;

running a search of the documents based on the user-specified similarity rating; and

updating, by the at least one computer processor, the visual representation to represent the similar documents having a similarity rating matching the user-specified similarity rating threshold, the updating of the visual representation including displaying the number of documents for the user-specified similarity rating threshold that are retrievable;

receiving a user input to move a position of a second GUI element on the histogram, wherein the moving of the second GUI element corresponds to selecting another similarity rating on the histogram; and

updating the GUI to indicate the number of documents for the another similarity rating that are retrievable based on a selection of the another similarity rating.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

executing a search of documents based on the selection of the corresponding similarity rating.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the co-occurring terms are terms that occur in the reference document and each corresponding similar document.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a default similarity rating; and

providing the second GUI element to visually indicate the default similarity rating on the histogram.

5. A system comprising:

a memory; and

at least one computer processor operatively coupled with the memory to:

determine counts of documents similar to a reference document based on a plurality of similarity ratings, wherein each similarity rating is based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and corresponding similar documents;

provide a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI element associated with the similar documents, wherein the first GUI element comprises a visual representation of a histogram corresponding to a distribution of a number of documents for each similarity rating, of the plurality of similarity ratings, that are retrievable based on a selection of the corresponding similarity rating to allow a user to see how many documents are similar to a particular document at each similarity rating of the plurality of similarity ratings, and wherein the first GUI element is provided prior to retrieving one of the similar documents;

receiving input via the GUI of a user-specified similarity rating threshold; and

updating, by the at least one computer processor, the visual representation to represent the similar documents having a similarity rating matching the user-specified similarity rating threshold, the updating of the visual representation including displaying the number of documents for the user-specified similarity rating threshold that are retrievable;

receive a user input to move a position of a second GUI element on the histogram, wherein the moving of the second GUI element corresponds to selecting another similarity rating on the histogram; and

update the GUI to indicate the number of documents for the another similarity rating that are retrievable based on a selection of the another similarity rating.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processing device is further to:

execute a search of documents based on the selection of the corresponding similarity rating.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the co-occurring terms are terms that occur in the reference document and each corresponding similar document.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the processing device is further to:

receive a default similarity rating; and

provide the second GUI element to visually indicate the default similarity rating on the histogram.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one computer processor, cause the at least one computer processor to perform operations comprising:

determining counts of documents similar to a reference document based on a plurality of similarity ratings, wherein each similarity rating is based on a number of co-occurring terms between the reference document and corresponding similar documents;

providing a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first GUI element associated with the similar documents, wherein the first GUI element comprises a visual representation of a of a histogram corresponding to a distribution of a number of documents for each similarity rating, of the plurality of similarity ratings, that are retrievable based on a selection of the corresponding similarity rating to allow a user to see how many documents are similar to a particular document at each similarity rating of the plurality of similarity ratings, and wherein the first GUI element is provided prior to retrieving one of the similar documents;

receiving input via the GUI of a user-specified similarity rating threshold corresponding to a selected one of the plurality of similarity ratings displayed on the visual representation;

running a search of the documents based on the user-specified similarity rating; and

updating, by the at least one computer processor, the visual representation to represent the similar documents having a similarity rating matching the user-specified similarity rating threshold, the updating of the visual representation including displaying the number of documents for the user-specified similarity rating threshold that are retrievable;

receiving a user input to move a position of a second GUI element on the histogram, wherein the moving of the second GUI element corresponds to selecting another similarity rating on the histogram; and

updating the GUI to indicate the number of documents for the another similarity rating that are retrievable based on a selection of the another similarity rating.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

executing a search of documents based on the selection of the corresponding similarity rating from the first GUI element.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the co-occurring terms are terms that occur in the reference document and each corresponding similar document.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9 , the operations further comprising:

receiving a default similarity rating; and

providing the second GUI element to visually indicate the default similarity rating on the histogram.

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