DEVICE FOR RAPID PROVISION OF INFORMATION
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Abstract
A system of rapid provision of relevant information. A search context is determined as a function of a combination of keywords inputted by a user. Pages accessible on a network and having at least one word associated with one of the keywords are searched. A result context is determined as a function of the content of the page. The copying of an item of information from an information source accessible on a network to another information source accessible on the network is determined. The source from which the information is copies assigned a higher weight than the source where a copy of the information is placed. The results of the search is hierarchized as a function of the matching of the context of the search, of the context of each result of the search and of the weight of the source. The hierarchized results are displayed.
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33 Claims
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1-17. -17. (canceled)
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18. A system of rapid provision of relevant information, comprising:
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a network; a plurality of terminals, each terminal associated with a user and comprising a screen for displaying a user interface for receiving a plurality of keywords inputted by the user; and a server connected to the network and comprising a search engine that provides the user interface to display on the screen of said each terminal;
determines a search context as a function of a combination of keywords inputted by a user and received from a terminal associated with the user over the network;
searches for pages comprising at least one word associated with at least one keyword inputted by the user and accessible on the network;
determines a result context as a function of content of a page;
determines whether an item of information from an information source accessible on the communications network is copied from another information source accessible on the network;
assigns a higher weight to the information source from which the item of information is copied from than the information source where a copy of the item of information is placed;
hierarchizes results of the search as a function of matching of context of the search, of context of each result of the search and of the weight of the information source; and
displays hierarchized results on the screen of the terminal associated with the user; andwherein the information source is one of a plurality of internet servers, on-line newspaper site servers, social network servers, or on-line commerce site servers. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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