Appeal No. 2004-0570
Application No. 09/425,532
Invention
The invention relates to a system to assist a user in creating index terms
for a database. See page 3 of appellants’ specification.
Claim 1 is representative of the invention and reproduced below:
1. A database design and maintenance system, comprising:
a database management means for storing textual data in a storage
device, the database management means having a user interface to facilitate
entry, editing and viewing of the textual data;
an indexing means in communication with the database management
means for indexing the textual data entered into the database management
means, wherein indexing terms are assigned to the textual data by human
indexers;
a thesaurus means distinct from the database management means for
managing a vocabulary of the indexing terms;
a concept extracting means for scanning the textual data and
extracting one or more indexing terms from the textual data and suggesting the
extracted indexing terms to the human indexer; and
a rule building means for developing rules employed by the concept
extracting means.
References
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Caid et al. (Caid) 5,619,709 April 8, 1997
Zellweger 5,630,125 May 13, 1997
Kisiel 6,327,586 December 4, 2001
(filed May 27, 1998)
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