User interface and search system for local and remote internet and other applications
First Claim
1. A system permitting a search for information through multimedia documents, comprising:
- an input processor for receiving a user entered search information item;
at least one repository including data identifying a plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including text data files and email messages, said at least one repository associating category information with said multimedia documents for use in identifying a common relationship between said multimedia documents;
a search processor for searching data in said at least one repository and also searching text searchable multimedia documents including text data files and email messages identified and accessed using data in said at least one repository to provide search results identifying a plurality of multimedia documents having a common relationship in response to said user entered search information item identifying an object associated with said identified plurality of multimedia documents, in response to user command; and
a database processor for providing said at least one repository including said data identifying said plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including text data files, email messages and web pages and including data enabling access to said indexed text searchable multimedia documents for searching said indexed text searchable multimedia documents.
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Abstract
A user interface provides historical and hierarchical search and navigation modes through previously selected and hierarchically linked multimedia applications, documents and directories. The system permits a search for information through hierarchically linked documents accessible via the Internet in which an individual document contains a reference link to a succeeding document. The systems includes an input processor for receiving a user entered search information item identifying an object associated with at least one of the hierarchically linked documents. An Internet processor for searching and identifying a plurality of child documents hierarchically linked to a parent document identified by the object and excluding non-hierarchically associated documents in response to user initiation of a hierarchical search. An output processor processes data identifying the plurality of child documents for communication to a reproduction device.
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28 Claims
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1. A system permitting a search for information through multimedia documents, comprising:
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an input processor for receiving a user entered search information item; at least one repository including data identifying a plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including text data files and email messages, said at least one repository associating category information with said multimedia documents for use in identifying a common relationship between said multimedia documents; a search processor for searching data in said at least one repository and also searching text searchable multimedia documents including text data files and email messages identified and accessed using data in said at least one repository to provide search results identifying a plurality of multimedia documents having a common relationship in response to said user entered search information item identifying an object associated with said identified plurality of multimedia documents, in response to user command; and a database processor for providing said at least one repository including said data identifying said plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including text data files, email messages and web pages and including data enabling access to said indexed text searchable multimedia documents for searching said indexed text searchable multimedia documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system permitting a search for information through multimedia documents, comprising:
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an input processor for receiving a user entered search information item; a repository including data identifying a plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including web pages, text data files and email messages; a search processor for searching remote information sources via the Internet and data in said repository for specific Internet compatible language tags and for searching text searchable multimedia documents including text data files and email messages identified and accessed using data in said repository to provide search results identifying a plurality of multimedia documents having a common relationship in response to said user entered search information item identifying an object associated with said identified plurality of multimedia documents; and a database processor for providing said repository including indexed multimedia documents including said data identifying said plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including text data files, email messages and web pages and including data enabling access to said indexed text searchable multimedia documents for searching said indexed text searchable multimedia documents. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 27)
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19. A system permitting a search for information through multimedia documents, comprising:
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an input processor for receiving a user entered search information item; at least one repository including data identifying a plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including web pages, text data files and email messages, said at least one repository associating category information with said plurality of different types of indexed multimedia documents and identifying characteristics common to different types of indexed multimedia documents; a search processor for searching data in said at least one repository and also searching text searchable multimedia documents including web pages, text data files and email messages identified and accessed using data in said at least one repository to provide search results identifying a plurality of multimedia documents having common characteristics using said category information in response to said user entered search information item identifying an object associated with said identified plurality of multimedia documents, in response to user command; and a database processor for providing said at least one repository including said data identifying said plurality of different types of indexed text searchable multimedia documents including text data files, email messages and web pages and including data enabling access to said indexed text searchable multimedia documents for searching said indexed text searchable multimedia documents. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28)
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Specification