Method and apparatus for improved internet searching

Details Method and apparatus for improved internet searching Method and apparatus for improved internet searching

2006-04-04

2006-04-04

Corrielus, Jean M. (Department: 2162)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

C707S793000, C707S793000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07024405

ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for improved Internet searching. A user defines their search objective using topic trees. The user is provided a set of tools that allow for the creation and modification of these topic trees and storage for later use. From the topic tree, a user can select a single item, a collection of items or the entire topic tree to collect upon. Results from the selected search engines are returned, stored and displayed.

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