METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENHANCED SEARCH QUERY MODIFICATION
First Claim
1. A method for search argument modification and initiation of new searching, comprising:
- a programmable device search engine component searching at least one database for textual information relevant to a search term and retrieving search results comprising a plurality of text items;
presenting the retrieved search results text items to a user on a display device through a graphical user interface configured to associate each of the displayed text items with at least one search term modification action instigated by a cursor selection routine; and
selecting at least one of the displayed text items through a graphical user interface component cursor routine, the selecting routine automatically instigating;
modifying the search term through the associated at least one search term modification action with the selected text item to generate a modified search term;
causing the search engine component to search the at least one database for textual information relevant to the modified search term and retrieve search results comprising a plurality of text items; and
presenting the modified search term search results to a user on the display device through the graphical user interface configured to associate each of the displayed text items with the at least one search term modification action instigated by the cursor selection routine.
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Abstract
Methods, programs products and systems are provided for presenting retrieved search engine results text items to a user on a display device through a graphical user interface configured to associate displayed text items with a search term modification action. Selecting a displayed text item through a graphical user interface component cursor routine automatically instigates modifying of the search term through the associated modification action with the selected text item to generate a modified search term and causes a search engine component to search the modified search term and retrieve new search results similarly presented, enabling additional automatic iterations of search term modifying, searching and result presenting. Modifying a search term may occur automatically or through a selection from a generated list of revising actions, and presenting search results text items may include ordering and presenting a list of result text items relative to an occurrence frequency.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for search argument modification and initiation of new searching, comprising:
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a programmable device search engine component searching at least one database for textual information relevant to a search term and retrieving search results comprising a plurality of text items; presenting the retrieved search results text items to a user on a display device through a graphical user interface configured to associate each of the displayed text items with at least one search term modification action instigated by a cursor selection routine; and selecting at least one of the displayed text items through a graphical user interface component cursor routine, the selecting routine automatically instigating; modifying the search term through the associated at least one search term modification action with the selected text item to generate a modified search term; causing the search engine component to search the at least one database for textual information relevant to the modified search term and retrieve search results comprising a plurality of text items; and presenting the modified search term search results to a user on the display device through the graphical user interface configured to associate each of the displayed text items with the at least one search term modification action instigated by the cursor selection routine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for deploying an application for search argument modification and initiation of new searching, comprising:
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providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; search at least one database for textual information relevant to a search term and retrieve search results comprising a plurality of text items; and present the retrieved search results text items to a user on a display device through a graphical user interface configured to associate each of the displayed text items with at least one search term modification action instigated by a cursor selection routine; wherein selecting at least one of the displayed text items through a graphical user interface component cursor routine automatically instigates; modifying the search term through the associated at least one search term modification action with the selected text item to generate a modified search term; causing a search engine component to search the at least one database for textual information relevant to the modified search term and retrieve modified search results comprising a plurality of text items; and presenting the modified search results to a user on the display device through the graphical user interface by associating each of a plurality of displayed modified search result text items with at least one search term modification action. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for search argument modification and initiation of new searching, comprising:
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producing computer executable program code; storing the code on a computer readable medium; and providing the program code to be deployed and executed on a computer system, the program code comprising instructions which, when executed on the computer system, cause the computer system to; search at least one database for textual information relevant to a search term and retrieve search results comprising a plurality of text items; and present the retrieved search results text items to a user on a display device through a graphical user interface configured to associate each of the displayed text items with at least one search term modification action instigated by a cursor selection routine; wherein selecting at least one of the displayed text items through a graphical user interface component cursor routine automatically instigates; modifying the search term through the associated at least one search term modification action with the selected text item to generate a modified search term; causing a search engine component to search the at least one database for textual information relevant to the modified search term and retrieve modified search results comprising a plurality of text items; and presenting the modified search results to a user on the display device through the graphical user interface by associating each of a plurality of displayed modified search result text items with at least one search term modification action. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A programmable device configured for search argument modification and initiation of new searching, comprising:
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a graphical user interface presentment component configured to present search results text items to a user on a display device through a graphical user interface, the search results text items retrieved by a search engine searching at least one database for textual information relevant to a search term, the search results comprising a plurality of text items, and wherein the graphical user interface presentment component is configured to associate each of the displayed text items with at least one search term modification action; a graphical user interface text item selector component configured to select an item of the displayed text items through a graphical user interface cursor selection routine and automatically instigate the associated at least one search term modification action; and a search term modifier component configured to modify the search engine search term by the associated at least one search term modification action with the selected text item to generate a modified search term in response to the graphical user interface text item selector component instigation and automatically cause the search engine to search the at least one database for textual information relevant to the modified search term; wherein the graphical user interface presentment component is further configured to display through the graphical user interface a plurality of search results text items retrieved by the search engine through searching the modified search term, the graphical user interface presentment component associating each of the displayed modified search term search results text items with the at least one search term modification action. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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