System and method for implementing enhanced search functionality
OwnerKendall Gregory Lockhart, Clayton Matthew Lockhartinventors
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Abstract
A system and method for implementing enhanced search functionality. The system includes means for identifying a plurality of search criteria; means for selecting a first database for the search; means for conducting a first plurality of searches of the first database, each one of the first plurality of searches using a respective one of the plurality of search criteria; means for comparing results obtained from each of the first plurality of searches to identify a first group of objects common among the results obtained from each of the first plurality of searches; and means for providing a set of search results to a user based on the identified first group of objects.
Claims26
A method for conducting a search comprising:
- identifying a plurality of search criteria;
- selecting a first database for the search;
- conducting a first plurality of searches of the first database, each one of the first plurality of searches using a respective one of the plurality of search criteria;
- comparing results obtained from each of the first plurality of searches to identify a first group of objects common among the results obtained from each of the first plurality of searches;
- and
- providing a set of search results to user based on the identified first group of objects.
A system for conducting a search comprising:
- means for identifying a plurality of search criteria;
- means for selecting a first database for the search;
- means for conducting a first plurality of searches of the first database, each one of the first plurality of searches using a respective one of the plurality of search criteria;
- means for comparing results obtained from each of the first plurality of searches to identify a first group of objects common among the results obtained from each of the first plurality of searches;
- and
- means for providing a set of search results to a user based on the identified first group of objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.