METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING AND PRESENTING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION FROM ONE OR MORE INFORMATION SOURCES
First Claim
1. A method of searching and presenting electronic information from one or more information sources, said method comprising the steps of:
- presenting one or more choices to a user, registering one or more user specified choices, using said one or more user specified choices to retrieve one or more references to information from said information sources, and providing a search result comprising one or more references to information characterized in that the method comprises a context representation for one or more references, and a context representation for one or more users, where each context representation contains one or more indications representing other contexts with which each is related, and in that the method further comprises the steps of;
presenting the search result to the user in a number of different ways at the same time based on one or more context representations, and presenting additional choices relating to the search result based on one or more context representations.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of searching and presenting electronic information from one or more information sources. The method comprises the steps of:
presenting one or more choices to a user,
registering one or more user specified choices,
using said one or more user specified choices to retrieve one or more references to information from said information sources, and
providing a search result comprising one or more references to information.
The method further comprises:
a context representation for one or more references, and
a context representation for one or more users,
where each context representation contains one or more indications representing other contexts with which each is related,
and the steps of:
presenting the search result to the user in a number of different ways at the same time based on one or more context representations, and
presenting additional choices relating to the search result based on one or more context representations.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of searching and presenting electronic information from one or more information sources, said method comprising the steps of:
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presenting one or more choices to a user, registering one or more user specified choices, using said one or more user specified choices to retrieve one or more references to information from said information sources, and providing a search result comprising one or more references to information characterized in that the method comprises a context representation for one or more references, and a context representation for one or more users, where each context representation contains one or more indications representing other contexts with which each is related, and in that the method further comprises the steps of;
presenting the search result to the user in a number of different ways at the same time based on one or more context representations, and presenting additional choices relating to the search result based on one or more context representations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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13. An apparatus for searching and presenting electronic information from one or more information sources, said apparatus comprising:
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presenting means (402) adapted to present one or more choices to a user, registering means (404) adapted to register one or more user specified choices, retrieving means adapted (401) to retrieve one or more references to information from said information sources using said one or more user specified choices, and processing means (403) adapted to provide a search result comprising one or more references to information characterized in that the processing means (403) further comprises;
a context representation for one or more references, and a context representation for one or more users, where each context representation contains one or more indications representing other contexts with which each is related, and in that the processing (403) means are further adapted to;
present the search result to the user, via said presenting means (402), in a number of different ways at the same time based on one or more context representations, and present additional choices to the user, via said presenting means (402), relating to the search result based on one or more context representations. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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24. A computer-readable medium whose contents are adapted to cause a computer system to search and present electronic information from one or more information sources, by performing the steps of:
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presenting one or more choices to a user, registering one or more user specified choices, using said one or more user specified choices to retrieve one or more references to information from said information sources, and providing a search result comprising one or more references to information characterized in that the medium comprises a context representation for one or more references, and a context representation for one or more users, where each context representation contains one or more indications representing other contexts with which each is related, and by further performing the steps of;
presenting the search result to the user in a number of different ways at the same time based on one or more context representations, and presenting additional choices relating to the search result based on one or more context representations.
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25. A computer program element comprising computer program code means adapted to enable a computer system to search and present electronic information from one or more information sources, by performing the steps of:
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presenting one or more choices to a user, registering one or more user specified choices, using said one or more user specified choices to retrieve one or more references to information from said information sources, and providing a search result comprising one or more references to information characterized in that the program element comprises a context representation for one or more references, and a context representation for one or more users, where each context representation contains one or more indications representing other contexts with which each is related, and by further performing the steps of;
presenting the search result to the user in a number of different ways at the same time based on one or more context representations, and presenting additional choices relating to the search result based on one or more context representations.
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