Quote-based search

A computer-readable storage medium tangibly storing thereon computer program instructions capable of being executed by a computer processor, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:

• receiving, by a processor, a user query related to quotes attributable to people, the query comprising a keyword;
• identifying, by the processor, the keyword within the query;
• accessing, by the processor, a quote index comprising indexed quotes attributable to people, the quote index also comprising a unique id for the identified keyword;
• retrieving, by the processor from the quote index, results responsive to the query;
• and
• transmitting, by the processor to the user, the retrieved results.

A computing device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon modules for execution by the processor, the modules comprising:
• a quote search engine that generates results responsive to a user query from a quote index, the quote index comprising indexed quotes attributable to people, the quote index also comprising unique identifiers for attributes of the quotes that match keywords identified from the user query;
• and
• a presentation module for displaying the generated results on a display of a computing device.