1. A method comprising: extracting a group of two or more sets of phrases represented within a computing platform by digital electronic signals from a set of two or more sentences associated with an electronic document, wherein a single sentence of said two or more sentences is associated with a single set of one or more phrases; generating an abstract of said electronic document represented within a computing platform by digital electronic signals using at least one phrase from said group of two or more sets of phrases based at least in part on a utility metric associated with said group of two or more sets of phrases as well as on a ranked order of said two or more sentences; and transmitting a search result, represented within a computing platform by digital electronic signals, to a user based at least in part on said abstract.