Search engine result reporter
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1. A method of reporting search results including the steps of:
- retrieving search results from one or more search engines;
filtering the retrieved search results according to one or more criteria;
extracting locational information from the filtered search results;
storing the locational information in one or more output hierarchies; and
displaying the search results within the one or more output hierarchies.
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Abstract
A method of reporting search results that preserves important locational information retrieved with the search results. An Hierarchical Data Modeller extracts locational information from each search result and compiles the locational information into a hierarchical storage. In one embodiment, the search results are presented to the user in a Hierarchical Search Result Workflow document that allows the results to be sorted or otherwise processed by the user for maximum benefit.
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1. A method of reporting search results including the steps of:
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retrieving search results from one or more search engines;
filtering the retrieved search results according to one or more criteria;
extracting locational information from the filtered search results;
storing the locational information in one or more output hierarchies; and
displaying the search results within the one or more output hierarchies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of compiling and presenting search results including the steps of:
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defining search parameters for submission to one or more search engines;
passing the search parameters to a search engine submitter;
said search engine submitter transforming the search parameters to search terms for each of said one or more search engines;
receiving results from said one or more search engines;
said search engine submitter transforming said results into standardised results having a standardised format;
passing the standardised results to a location analyser;
said location analyser filtering the standardised results according to criteria to produce filtered results;
passing the filtered results to a hierarchical data modeller;
said hierarchical data modeller extracting locational information from said filtered results;
compiling said locational information in an output hierarchy; and
displaying the filtered results within the output hierarchy.
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15. A search result reporting engine comprising:
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a location analyser means that filters search results received from one or more search engines according to one or more criteria; and
an hierarchical data modeller means that extracts locational information from the filtered search results and compiles said search results into output hierarchies based upon the locational information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An hierarchical data modeller comprising:
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means for extracting location and meta information from a search engine result set;
means for compiling the location and meta information into a N-way hierarchical storage location; and
means for retrieving like information from the storage location.
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