System, method, and user interface for organization and searching information
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1. A more efficient computer-implemented world wide web search user interface for searching and organizing large information sets according to content to reduce the amount of time a user searches for information comprising:
- one or more computer servers comprising a search engine and user interface for performing a search of the world wide web, wherein web pages are searched and organized in an electronic system according to content and metadata using a mapping table such that the organization is reflected directly in the user interface, wherein the mapping table maps search terms to mapped terms and replaces the search terms with values from the mapping table, and said interface presents search results as said search request is being entered, wherein said search results are organized and displayed to the user in categories, wherein said displayed categories are presented to resolve semantic ambiguity, wherein each of said categories consists of a subset of search results limited to that category and the categories indicate common results between categories, wherein selection of one of said categories narrows the search to results within the selected category thereby decreasing the amount of time a user searches for information.
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A computer-implemented system, method, and user interface for searching and organizing information, particularly large information sets such as those found on the Internet and World Wide Web. Information is organized and searched according to content, and this organization is reflected directly in the user interface provided to users for searching as well as the search results they are shown.
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1. A more efficient computer-implemented world wide web search user interface for searching and organizing large information sets according to content to reduce the amount of time a user searches for information comprising:
one or more computer servers comprising a search engine and user interface for performing a search of the world wide web, wherein web pages are searched and organized in an electronic system according to content and metadata using a mapping table such that the organization is reflected directly in the user interface, wherein the mapping table maps search terms to mapped terms and replaces the search terms with values from the mapping table, and said interface presents search results as said search request is being entered, wherein said search results are organized and displayed to the user in categories, wherein said displayed categories are presented to resolve semantic ambiguity, wherein each of said categories consists of a subset of search results limited to that category and the categories indicate common results between categories, wherein selection of one of said categories narrows the search to results within the selected category thereby decreasing the amount of time a user searches for information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A more efficient computer-implemented world wide web search user interface for searching and organizing large information sets according to content to reduce the amount of time a user searches for information comprising:
one or more computer servers comprising a search engine and user interface for performing a search of the world wide web, by entering one or more search terms, wherein web pages are searched and organized in an electronic system according to content and metadata using a mapping table, such that the organization is reflected directly in the user interface, wherein the mapping table maps search terms to mapped terms and replaces the search terms with values from the mapping table, and said interface presents search results as the one or more search terms is being entered, wherein said search results are organized and displayed to the user in alternative subsets, wherein selecting one of said displayed subsets limits the search results presented to those in the selected subset and subsets illustrate common results between subsets, wherein each of said subsets consists of alternative search results based on semantic ambiguities of the one or more search terms thereby decreasing the amount of time a user searches for information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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