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Network search engine and navigation tool and method of determining search results in accordance with search criteria and/or associated sites

  • US 6,591,261 B1
  • Filed: 06/21/2000
  • Issued: 07/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A network search system for ascertaining sites residing on a network and including desired information entered by a user, wherein said network sites include references identifying others of said network sites containing related information, said system comprising:

  • a site association module to analyze said references of said network sites and determine associations between said network sites indicating network sites containing related information;

    a storage unit for storing information relating to contents of said network sites and said associations between said network sites;

    a retrieval module for accessing said storage unit in response to said entered information and determining network sites containing said entered information; and

    an evaluation module to determine a score value for each determined network site based on information contained within that site and said associations of that site with said determined network sites and to arrange said determined network sites for display based on said determined scores.

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