Methods and systems for searching an information directory

• US 20050216448A1
• Filed: 09/22/2004
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Iqbal Talib, Zubair Talib
• Original Assignee: Iqbal Talib, Zubair Talib
• Inventors: Talib, Zubair, Talib, Iqbal
• Application Number:
  US10/947,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20050216448A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/319 Inverted lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3323 using document space presentation or visualization, e.g. category, hierarchy or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3346 using probabilistic model
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/367 Ontology
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics

Abstract

The present invention relates to systems and methods for searching an information directory in such a manner that it is easy to search, drill down, drill up and drill across an information directory using multiple independent hierarchical category taxonomies of the directory.

Claims

1-45. -45. (canceled)

46. An apparatus substantially as shown and described herein.

47. An apparatus substantially as shown and described herein including each and every novel feature or combination of features disclosed herein.

48. A method substantially as shown and described herein including each and every novel feature or combination of features disclosed herein.