Role Based Search

A method of searching content, the method comprising:

• retrieving demographic information from an organization;
• creating a categorized demographic information repository including a plurality of demographic categories based on the demographic information;
• storing the demographic categories on a computing device;
• for each of the demographic categories, creating a search index including a plurality of search terms used by other individuals that are associated with a relevant demographic category of the plurality of demographic categories;
• for each of the demographic categories, creating a destination index including a plurality of destination content used by the other individuals that are associated with the relevant demographic category;
• and
• using the plurality of demographic categories to filter search results for a user associated with the relevant demographic category based on the search index and the destination index for the demographic category.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising stored computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform steps comprising:

• retrieving demographic information from a corporate directory;
• creating a categorized demographic information repository including a plurality of demographic categories based on the demographic information from the corporate directory;
• for each of the demographic categories, creating a search index including a plurality of search terms used by other individuals that are associated with a relevant demographic category of the plurality of demographic categories, the search terms being indexed from a high priority to a low priority based on usage;
• for each of the demographic categories, creating a destination index including a plurality of destination content used by the other individuals that are associated with the relevant demographic category, the destination content being indexed from a high priority to a low priority based on usage;
• and
• using the plurality of demographic categories to filter search results for a user associated with the relevant demographic category based on the search index and the destination index for the demographic category, including:
• receiving a search query from the user;
• automatically identifying the relevant demographic category associated with the user;
• performing a search based on the search query;
• creating a search filter based on demographic information associated with the user, the search filter being configured to prioritize search results, including:
• applying one or more of the plurality of search terms from the search index used by other individuals that are associated with the relevant demographic category to the search;
• and
• limiting the search results to results associated with the destination content from the destination index used by the other individuals that are associated with the relevant demographic category;
• filtering the search results using the search filter;
• and
• providing the filtered search results to the user.