Method of performing data searches on a network
First Claim
1. A method of performing data searches on a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a database of electronic documents and a plurality of indexes of document search areas on a computer system forming a node on the network, such that each electronic document is associated with at least one resource description and one of the document search areas;
generating search form print data at the computer system, such that the search form carries information relating to at least one parameter of a search to be carried out within at least one of said search areas and coded data associated with that information;
receiving print instructions from the computer system at a printer via the network;
printing the search form at the printer;
receiving, from a sensing device used by a user to handwrite at least one search term on the printed search form, search instructions at the computer system, via the printer and the network, the search instructions being generated at the sensing device by sensing the coded data as the user handwrites said at least one search term on the printed from, the search instructions including data on said at least one search term and on said at least one parameter;
carrying out a search on the network within said at least one of said document search areas, in response to the instructions, based on said at least one search term and said at least one parameter; and
generating search result print data at the computer system, representing the results of the search.
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Abstract
A method of performing data searches on a network includes the step of maintaining a database of electronic documents on a computer system forming a node on the network, such that each electronic document is associated with at least one resource description. Search form print data is generated at the computer system such that the search form carries information relating to at least one parameter of a search to be carried out and coded data associated with that information. Print instructions are received from the computer system at a printer via the network. The search form is printed at the printer. The coded data is sensed at a sensing device operatively connected to the printer. Search instructions generated by the sensing device are written to the computer system, via the printer and the network. A search is carried out on the network, in response to the instructions, based on the, or each, parameter. Search result print data is generated at the computer system, representing the results of the search.
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1. A method of performing data searches on a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a database of electronic documents and a plurality of indexes of document search areas on a computer system forming a node on the network, such that each electronic document is associated with at least one resource description and one of the document search areas; generating search form print data at the computer system, such that the search form carries information relating to at least one parameter of a search to be carried out within at least one of said search areas and coded data associated with that information; receiving print instructions from the computer system at a printer via the network; printing the search form at the printer; receiving, from a sensing device used by a user to handwrite at least one search term on the printed search form, search instructions at the computer system, via the printer and the network, the search instructions being generated at the sensing device by sensing the coded data as the user handwrites said at least one search term on the printed from, the search instructions including data on said at least one search term and on said at least one parameter; carrying out a search on the network within said at least one of said document search areas, in response to the instructions, based on said at least one search term and said at least one parameter; and generating search result print data at the computer system, representing the results of the search. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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