Method and system for a text based search of a self-contained document

Abstract

A method for a text based search is disclosed. The method comprises providing search results which include at least one indexed self contained document. The method also includes obtaining a search term from a previous URL of the at least one self contained document by a broker, the broker including the unique identifier (UID) of the at least one self contained document. Additionally, the method includes mapping the UID to an actual URL of the at least one included self contained document by the broker. Finally, the method comprises linking to the at least one self contained document, by the broker. A system and method in accordance with the present invention includes a web based (non visual) mediator/broker which has logic to acquire information necessary to pass requests to another web resource via parameters passed in the URL and/or by retrieving the previous URL and examining its content. In the current implementation, the broker is used in conjunction with a search engine containing a fully text indexed document which represents an entire Information Center. The document is indexed with a URL that includes a unique identifier (UID) as a parameter. This URL points to the broker and the UID is mapped to a specific Information Center.

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