Interactive online research system and method
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1. A method of locating an online site, comprising:
- providing a question associated with a plurality of predefined answers;
receiving one of the plurality of predefined answers, the one of the plurality of predefined answers being associated with a keyword;
retrieving a link for the online site, the online site being associated with the keyword.
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Abstract
A system and method of locating an online site or document for a user. At least one question is provided to a user, the question being associated with a plurality of predefined answers. One of the plurality of predefined answers is received. This predefined answer is associated with a keyword. A link is retrieved for the online site or document, the link being associated with the keyword.
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1. A method of locating an online site, comprising:
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providing a question associated with a plurality of predefined answers;
receiving one of the plurality of predefined answers, the one of the plurality of predefined answers being associated with a keyword;
retrieving a link for the online site, the online site being associated with the keyword. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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5. The method of claim 5 wherein the question is stored according to a question profile, and wherein each of the plurality of predefined answers is stored according to an answer profile.
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31. A method of locating an online site or document, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one question;
submitting an answer to the at least one question, the answer having a predefined association with the online site or document;
displaying the online site or document. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of providing an online site or document, the method comprising:
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associating the online site or document with a predefined answer to a question, the question having a plurality of selectable answers including the predefined answer;
presenting the question;
receiving one of the plurality of selectable answers;
if the received one of the plurality of selectable answers is the predefined answer, retrieving the associated online site or document;
providing the retrieved associated online site or document. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of providing an online site or document, the method comprising:
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associating one or more keywords with a predefined answer to a question, the question having a plurality of selectable answers including the predefined answer;
presenting the question;
receiving one of the plurality of selectable answers;
if the received one of the plurality of selectable answers is the predefined answer, using the associated one or more keywords to retrieve a link to the online site or document;
presenting at least one of the retrieved link and the online site or document.
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48. A system for providing an online site or document comprising:
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means for associating the online site or document with a predefined answer to a question, the question having a plurality of selectable answers including the predefined answer;
means for presenting the question to a user;
means for receiving one of the plurality of selectable answers from the user;
means for determining whether the received one of the plurality of selectable answers is the predefined answer;
means for retrieving the associated online site or document if the received one of the plurality of selectable answers is the predefined answer;
means for providing the retrieved associated online site or document to the user.
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49. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for providing an online site or document, said method steps comprising
associating the online site or document with a predefined answer to a question, the question having a plurality of selectable answers including the predefined answer; -
presenting the question to a user;
receiving one of the plurality of selectable answers from the user;
determining whether the received one of the plurality of selectable answers is the predefined answer;
retrieving the associated online site or document if the received one of the plurality of selectable answers is the predefined answer;
providing the retrieved associated online site or document to the user.
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50. An apparatus for providing an online site or document, the apparatus comprising:
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a propagated signal that when executed causes a computer to perform the steps of;
associating the online site or document with a predefined answer to a question, the question having a plurality of selectable answers including the predefined answer;
presenting the question to a user;
receiving one of the plurality of selectable answers from the user;
determining whether the received one of the plurality of selectable answers is the predefined answer;
retrieving the associated online site or document if the received one of the plurality of selectable answers is the predefined answer;
providing the retrieved associated online site or document to the user.
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