Google patents system that automatically finds and groups documents on a topic
This filing describes a method where a computer system takes a request and uses a machine-learned model to create a specific topic statement. It then generates multiple search queries based on that statement to find relevant documents from various information systems. Finally, the system collects these documents into a single proposed set for the user.
In the filing’s own words
A method to perform automated topic exploration includes: receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a request to initiate an automated topic exploration; in response to the request, processing, by the computing system, a model input with a machine-learned topic generation model to generate a topic statement as an output of the machine-learned topic generation model; generating, by the computing system, a plurality of information retrieval queries that query for source documents related to the topic statement; causing, by the computing system, the plurality of information retrieval queries to be executed on one or more information retrieval systems to return a plurality of candidate source documents that are responsive to the plurality of information retrieval queries; and collecting, by the computing system at least a subset of the plurality of candidate source documents into a proposed set of source documents.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method to perform automated topic exploration, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a request to initiate an automated topic exploration; in response to the request, processing, by the computing system, a model input with a machine-learned topic generation model to generate a topic statement as an output of the machine-learned topic generation model; generating, by the computing system, a plurality of information retrieval queries that query for source documents related to the topic statement; causing, by the computing system, the plurality of information retrieval queries to be executed on one or more information retrieval systems to return a plurality of candidate source documents that are responsive to the plurality of information retrieval queries; and collecting, by the computing system at least a subset of the plurality of candidate source documents into a proposed set of source documents.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- Automated Topic Exploration
- Publication number
- US20260288882A1
- Application number
- 19394752
- Filed
- Nov 19, 2025
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 16/9532 Physics & computingMore from Google in AI & software
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