Methods and systems for searching databases and displaying search results

• US 20060112085A1
• Filed: 10/27/2005
• Published: 05/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elsevier BV (RELX PLC)
• Original Assignee: Elsevier BV (RELX PLC)
• Inventors: Kalff, Robbertjan, El Aisati, M'Hamed, Aalbersberg, IJsbrand Jan, de Groot, Spencer, Zijlstra, Jaco
• Granted Patent: US 8,805,814 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3325 Reformulation based on results of preceding query
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/382 using citations hypermedia G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/917 Text
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/942 Legal/academic

Abstract

In one aspect, the invention comprises a computer system comprising databases storing information regarding publications, the information comprising author, title, date of publication, abstract, cited references, and citing references data; and Internet servers in communication with the databases; wherein at least one of the Internet servers is in communication with and operable to transmit data to a Web browser application resident on a user'"'"'s computer, and wherein the data is sufficient to enable the browser to display: (a) a search page for enabling the user to input publication search parameters; and (b) a results page comprising a tabular display of results that enables the user to sort results according to date, relevance, author, source title, and number of citations to each publication, and further comprising a list of publication titles, with each title having one or more adjacent selectable links to an aspect of the publication corresponding to the title.

Claims

1. A computer system for searching databases and displaying search results, comprising:

one or more databases storing information regarding publications, said information comprising author, title, date of publication, abstract, cited references, and citing references data; and

one or more Internet servers in communication with said one or more databases;

wherein at least one of said one or more Internet servers is in communication with and operable to transmit data to a Web browser application resident on a user'"'"'s computer, and

wherein said data is sufficient to enable said browser to display;

(a) a search page for enabling said user to input publication search parameters; and

(b) a results page comprising a tabular display of results that enables said user to sort results according to date, relevance, author, source title, and number of citations to each publication, and further comprising a list of publication titles, with each title having one or more adjacent selectable links to at least one aspect of the publication corresponding to said title.

2. A computer system as in claim 1, wherein, for at least one publication, said aspect comprises a full text display of said publication.

3. A computer system as in claim 1, wherein, for at least one publication, said aspect comprises an abstract display of said publication.

4. A computer system as in claim 1, wherein, for at least one publication, said aspect comprises a display of references cited in said publication.

5. A computer system as in claim 1, wherein said data is sufficient to enable said browser to display, for at least one listed publication, a numeral representing how many other publications have cited to said publication.