Method And Means For Data Searching And Language Translation

Abstract

The invention relates to data searching and translation. In particular, the invention relates to searching documents from the Internet or databases. Even further, the invention also relates to translating words in documents, WebPages, images or speech from one language to the next. A computer implemented method including at least one computer in accordance with the invention is characterised by the following steps:

• • receiving a search query including at least one search term, deriving at least one synonym for at least one search term, expanding the received search query with the at least one synonym, searching at least one document using the expanded search query, retrieving the search results obtained with the expanded query, ranking the search results based on context of occurrence of at least one search term. The best mode of the invention is considered to be an Internet search engine that delivers better search results.

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TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]The invention relates to data searching and language translation. In particular, the invention relates to searching documents from the Internet or databases. Even further, the invention also relates to translating words in documents, WebPages, images or speech from one language to the next.BACKGROUND[0002]Searching from the Internet which spans the globe is a common experience for most office workers of today. Quite often though the search experience is frustrating, you either cannot find the documents you were looking for, or the documents that might be relevant are in a language you cannot understand. This greatly hinders the productivity of the world economy.[0003]Internet search engines are known in the prior art, as well as machine translation software. One document that describes the situation in the prior art is WO 2009 / 002864 A2, which is cited here as reference. In this prior art a search query is inputted to a computer, for example of the ...

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Benefits of technology

[0026]4) “Matti determined to drop by in a village. On arrival Liisa treated to coffee in a house”

[0028]Now the list of search results will be very long as different permutations and combinations of different expanded synonyms combined in a different way amount to a sizable list of search results. In accordance with the invention, a search result list with validly expanded synonyms that is broad is desirable. This quite extended list of synonym expanded search results will now be subject to context based ranking.

[0029]The context based ranking can be based on general statistical trends observed from other documents in the same language, words surrounding the text to be translated, data available from the computer of the user, recent browsing history of WebPages, and any other information. Now, if the context somehow reveals that for example the events take place in Helsinki, the translations 1-2 are ranked higher, because generally Finnish speakers would not refer to Helsinki as a village as it is the biggest city and the capital city in the country. Likewise if the context reveals that Matti is unknown to Liisa, the translation 4 would rank contextually higher because “käydä kylässä” implies a social nature to the visit, and if

Problems solved by technology

The prior art has serious disadvantages.

The prior art methods for searching and translating data are deficient at least in the perspective that they can make an incorr

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