Displaying access rights on search results pages
First Claim
1. A method for identifying protected content within a search results set that a requester is authorized to access, comprising:
- providing a search results set for a requester, the search results set including at least one protected search result;
associating the requester with an institution having access rights to the protected search result;
indicating the institution is authorized to access the protected search result within the search results set.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for allowing authorized users to access search results containing protected content, and for indicating within a user interface which search results an affiliated institution has and does not have access to. The invention can be configured to identify which search results within a search results set are protected search results containing protected content versus search results that are freely available. The invention can associate the user with an institution that is authorized to access the protected search result and can allow the user to access the protected search result once the association has been verified.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for identifying protected content within a search results set that a requester is authorized to access, comprising:
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providing a search results set for a requester, the search results set including at least one protected search result;
associating the requester with an institution having access rights to the protected search result;
indicating the institution is authorized to access the protected search result within the search results set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for identifying protected content within a search results set that a requester is authorized to access, comprising:
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aggregating a plurality of academic content into a database, wherein the academic content includes or more items of protected content;
receiving a request for the one or more items of protected content;
providing a search results set, the search results set including the one or more items of protected content;
associating the requester with an institution having access rights to the one or more items of protected content;
indicating the institution is authorized to access the one or more items of protected content within the search results set. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A user interface for displaying access rights to a requester, comprising:
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a search request input field for receiving an academic search request;
a search result output field for displaying an academic search results set;
a second identifier for indicating which search results within the academic search results set an institution is authorized to access; and
a second identifier for indicating which search results within the academic search results set the institution is not authorized to access. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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