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Associative search engine

  • US 8,977,614 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2012
  • Issued: 03/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing search results and advertisements to a user, the method comprising:

  • maintaining a user profile associated with the user;

    receiving a search request comprising a search argument from the user;

    searching at least one contextual database based on the search argument to produce at least one search result;

    selecting at least one advertisement from an advertisement database based on the user profile and the search argument;

    providing the at least one search result and the at least one advertisement to the user;

    receiving search refinement input from the user;

    producing at least one modified search result based on at least the search refinement input;

    updating the at least one advertisement selected from the advertisement database based on the user profile and the search refinement input; and

    providing at least one of the at least one modified search result and the updated at least one advertisement to the user.

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