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Method and system for performing non-boolean search queries in a graphical user interface

  • US 5,842,203 A
  • Filed: 12/01/1995
  • Issued: 11/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a data processing system, including a data store and means for archiving files within said data store and a graphical user interface, a query system presented utilizing said graphical user interface comprising:

  • a graphically displayed search cell for graphically specifying a search query, said search cell capable of being utilized to permit graphical specification of a plurality of parameters of a search;

    a domain scope control field graphically displayed within said search cell that allows a user to perform said hierarchical search within a plurality of topics displayable in said domain scope control field, wherein one of said plurality of topics is graphically selected utilizing said search cell as a domain scope of the search;

    a graphical narrowing search control indicator that allows a user to narrow a result of said search, said narrowing search control indicator capable of being utilized to generate a second graphically displayed search cell;

    a specific item search field that allows a user to identify specific key words to be searched within said one of said plurality of topics; and

    a graphical broadening search control indicator that allows a user to broaden said result of said search, said broadening search control indicator capable of being utilized to generate a third graphically displayed search cell.

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