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Data search user interface with ergonomic mechanism for user profile definition and manipulation

  • US 6,484,164 B1
  • Filed: 03/29/2000
  • Issued: 11/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of accessing a database, comprising the steps of:

  • generating a user profile containing data by which data in said database may be ranked as to suitability for a particular user associated with said user profile;

    displaying search criteria and said at least one user profile as display elements in a single display of a user interface;

    accepting commands to select certain ones of said criteria for inclusion in a search query;

    accepting at least one further command to select said at least one user profile in said search query;

    said steps of accepting comprising the step of moving a corresponding display element to an area of said single display corresponding to a search area;

    submitting said search query to a controller programmed to access said database responsively to said query.

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