System and method for assisting a user to identify the contexts of search results

A method of providing assistance to a user to identify at least one context of a received content as input, the method comprising:

• receiving at least one content location as input from the user;
• extracting the content from the received content location;
• and
• displaying a plurality of contexts relevant to the content from the received content location, wherein the contexts include one or more topics, and wherein the topics are part of one or more ontologies.

A method of providing assistance to a user to identify at least one context of search results of a search query, the method comprising:

• receiving an input as a search query;
• displaying a set of results from a web search or a file search, each search result containing a link to a web page or file location;
• and
• displaying a plurality of contexts relevant to the search results, wherein the contexts include one or more topics, and wherein the topics are part of one or more ontologies.

A system of providing assistance to a user to identify one or more contexts of the search results of a search query, the system comprising:

• one or more communication networks;
• a plurality of user devices connected to the communication network;
• and
• at least one server coupled to a data store, the server comprising a content extractor and a context module, wherein the server is capable of communicating with the plurality of user devices via at least one communication network, the server is configured for
• receiving an input as a search query;
• displaying a set of search results from a web search or a file search, each search result containing a link to a web page or file location;
• and
• displaying a plurality of contexts related to the search results, wherein the contexts include one or more topics, and wherein the topics are part of one or more ontologies.

A machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions that if executed by a machine cause the machine to perform the method of providing assistance to a user to identify at least one context of search results of a search query, the method comprising:

• receiving an input as a search query;
• displaying a set of results from a web search or a file search, each search result containing a link to a web page or file location;
• and
• displaying a plurality of contexts relevant to the search results, wherein the contexts include one or more topics, and wherein the topics are part of one or more ontologies.