Abstract: An apparatus for generating an index for a collection of words, the apparatus including means for selecting an input word from the collection of words; means for generating words that are lexically related to the input word, wherein the input word and the lexically related words form a group of words; and an indexing engine for representing the occurrence in the collection of words of any of the members of the group by a single member of the group.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 1996
Date of Patent:
January 13, 1998
Assignee:
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
Inventors:
A. Julie Kadashevich, Mary F. Harvey, Cheryl Clark