Method for information retrieval
OwnerBernardo Sanchezinventor
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Abstract
A computerized information retrieval system is provided wherein a user can highlight relevant information, and otherwise identify and mark documents of interest (with or without annotations) for storage in a separate data structure. The stored documents can be documents located on the Internet, for example, but can also include documents located within the user's computer, or any other suitable storage device. Searches can then be conducted on the documents collected within the data structure preferably utilizing a permission-based access system. As such, a user can establish a data structure of relevant documents which can be searched by the user or other authorized users. A more efficient search can then be conducted by the authorized users.
Claims10
A computerized method of information retrieval comprising:
- providing a computer displayable document having searchable content;
- marking said document, with a marking device, as being a relevant document;
- storing said relevant document in a user defined data structure;
- and
- conducting a search of a number of said relevant documents using a search engine to identify documents with a desired searchable content;
- selecting, using a selection device, the documents identified as having said desired searchable content, and displaying said selected document.
A computerized information retrieval system comprising:
- a computer having a display for displaying documents having searchable content;
- a marking device for marking document as being a relevant document;
- a storage device for storing said relevant document in a user defined database;
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- a search engine operatively connected to said computer for conducting a search of a number of said relevant documents in order to identify documents with a desired searchable content;
- a selection device for selecting and displaying the documents identified as having said desired searchable content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.