COLLECTIONS OF LINKED DATABASES
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1. A system for conducting a search of a network, said system comprising:
- at least one processor programmed to;
establish a network of linked nodes, each of the nodes connected to another one of the nodes by a link, the link specified by a member of the network;
receive historical data for previous searches of the network, the data for each of the previous searches describing a relationship between first and second nodes of the network, the relationship observed from behavior of the initiator of the previous search;
establish an inferential network of linked nodes from the historical data, the inferential network describing the observed relationships;
receive a search term or phrase from a search initiator; and
search the network for data relevant to the search term or phrase, wherein results of the search and/or the order of the results are based at least in part on the inferential network.
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Methods and or systems relating to inferential networks. This invention is further directed to methods and systems for making and using inferential networks. Still further, this invention is generally directed to making one or more inferential networks by using data generated from directed searches of collections of linked databases.
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1. A system for conducting a search of a network, said system comprising:
at least one processor programmed to; establish a network of linked nodes, each of the nodes connected to another one of the nodes by a link, the link specified by a member of the network; receive historical data for previous searches of the network, the data for each of the previous searches describing a relationship between first and second nodes of the network, the relationship observed from behavior of the initiator of the previous search; establish an inferential network of linked nodes from the historical data, the inferential network describing the observed relationships; receive a search term or phrase from a search initiator; and search the network for data relevant to the search term or phrase, wherein results of the search and/or the order of the results are based at least in part on the inferential network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for conducting a search of a network, said method comprising:
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establishing a network of linked nodes, each of the nodes connected to another one of the nodes by a link, the link specified by a member of the network; receiving historical data for previous searches of the network, the data for each of the previous searches describing a relationship between first and second nodes of the network, the relationship observed from behavior of the initiator of the previous search; establishing an inferential network of linked nodes from the historical data, the inferential network describing the observed relationships; receiving a search term or phrase from a search initiator; and searching the network for data relevant to the search term, wherein results of the search and/or the order of the results are based at least in part on the inferential network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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