Method for displaying search results
Methods and systems for presenting document search results to a user. A user enters search terms to be matched with indicators mentioned in documents from a specific corpus of documents. The search results, which are the documents with indicators or content that match the search terms, are provided to the user using a user interface. Each document in the search results are represented by a marker on a map in the user interface. Other indicators which appear with the searched for indicators in the documents are also mapped to the user interface. Documents with similar indicators in their content are clustered together in the map and the markers which represent them are color coded to differentiate them from markers belonging to other clusters.
1. A method for displaying document search results to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
a) receiving at least one search indicator;
b) searching a plurality of documents for instances of said at least one search indicator;
c) determining other indicators which occur with said at least one search indicator in documents found in step b);
d) representing each document found in step b) with a marker and displaying markers for said documents on a user interface;
e) on said user interface, clustering together markers for documents containing similar indicators to form at least one specific cluster of markers; and
f) providing each specific cluster with at least one identifier visible to said user on said user interface, each identifier being for identifying an indicator occurring in documents represented by markers in said specific cluster;
wherein
a visible size of each identifier is related to a frequency of instances of an indicator represented by said identifier in said search results;
said method further comprising the steps of, for each specific document in said plurality of documents,
creating a semantic representation for said specific document;
using said specific document's semantic representation to determine a vector representation of said specific document;
using said vector representation for said specific document to determine a placement of a marker for said specific document on said user interface; and wherein a multidimensional scaling process is applied to vector representations of documents in said plurality of documents and to vector representations of said at least one search indicator to determine a placement of markers for said documents on said user interface; wherein said method projects said semantic representations of documents found in step b) to said user interface, and wherein on said user interface, each identifier is placed adjacent to markers associated with said identifier.
2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of providing for user defined moving of said markers in said user interface.
3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of providing for user defined moving of identifiers on said user interface.
4. The method according to claim 3 wherein user defined moving of identifiers also moves markers associated with said identifiers.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein a user activation of a marker displays textual content of a document represented by said marker.
6. The method according to claim 5 wherein user activation of a marker displays other potential indicators in a document represented by said marker.
7. The method according to claim 1 wherein markers associated with a specific cluster is colored differently from markers associated with a different cluster.
8. Non-transitory computer readable media having encoded thereon non-transitory computer readable instructions which, when executed, implements a method for displaying document search results to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
a) receiving at least one search indicator;
b) searching a plurality of documents for instances of said at least one search indicator;
c) determining other indicators which occur with said at least one search indicator in documents found in step b);
d) representing each document found in step b) with a marker and displaying markers for said documents on a user interface;
e) on said user interface, clustering together markers for documents containing similar indicators to form at least one specific cluster of markers; and
f) providing each specific cluster with at least one identifier visible to said user on said user interface, each identifier being for identifying an indicator occurring in documents represented by markers in said specific cluster;
wherein a visible size of each identifier is related to a frequency of instances of an indicator represented by said identifier in said search results;
said method further comprises the steps of, for each specific document in said plurality of documents,
creating a semantic representation for said specific document;
using said specific document's semantic representation to determine a vector representation of said specific document;
using said vector representation for said specific document to determine a placement of a marker for said specific document on said user interface; and wherein a multidimensional scaling process is applied to vector representations of documents in said plurality of documents and to vector representations of said at least one search indicator to determine a placement of markers for said documents on said user interface; wherein said method projects said semantic representations of documents found in step b) to said user interface, and wherein on said user interface, each identifier is placed adjacent to markers associated with said identifier.
9. The computer readable media according to claim 8 wherein said method further comprises the step of providing for user defined moving of said markers in said user interface.
10. The computer readable media according to claim 8 wherein said method further comprises the step of providing for user defined moving of identifiers on said user interface.
11. The computer readable media according to claim 10 wherein user defined moving of identifiers also moves markers associated with said identifiers.
12. The computer readable media according to claim 8 wherein a user activation of a marker displays textual content of a document represented by said marker.