WO2004099916A3 - Improved graphical user interface for searching - Google Patents

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WO2004099916A3
WO2004099916A3 PCT/US2004/013418 US2004013418W WO2004099916A3 WO 2004099916 A3 WO2004099916 A3 WO 2004099916A3 US 2004013418 W US2004013418 W US 2004013418W WO 2004099916 A3 WO2004099916 A3 WO 2004099916A3
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Kevin Ellis
Christina Wodtke
Jennifer Crakow
Qi Lu
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    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G06F16/953—Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines
    • G06F16/9538—Presentation of query results
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
    • G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
    • G06F16/951—Indexing; Web crawling techniques
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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There is provided a system for visually associating a search region containing search criteria with a search category from which the results of a search are found (figure 7). The system contains a search region (110) containing a user’s search criteria (30), a result region (50) comprising indicia of several search categories, and a connection indicator establishing a visual connection between the search term contained in a search region and a selected one of search category indicia so as to enable a user to make a cognitive connection indicating that the user’s search term was found in the particular search category indicated by the connection indicator.
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