Method and system for incrementally selecting and providing...

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2008-01-23

2011-12-06

Nguyen, Phong (Department: 2162)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database and file access

Record, file, and data search and comparisons

C707S769000, C707S803000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08073860

ABSTRACT:
Methods and systems for incrementally selecting and providing relevant search engines in response to a user query. A method of incrementally selecting and providing relevant search engines is based in part on identifying a set of search engines associated with corresponding metadata, receiving a partial search query entered by the user of a device, inferring after each user keypress a set of potential full queries intended by the user, using the potential full queries and the search engine metadata to identify a set of relevant search engines, and for each of these search engines, providing a direct link to launch a relevant query in the search engine. The user input may be either ambiguous, or erroneous, and may be entered using an input-constrained device.

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