System and method for displaying timeline search results

A method to display the results of a search operation on at least one data source, wherein at least one result comprises a relevant portion of the data in a timeline format in the original document;

• the said result comprising an extract;
• the said extract comprising a first component selected from date/time qualifier of a timeline item and the second component comprising a portion of the timeline event.

A system comprising a search engine unit, wherein the search engine unit configured to display results of a search operation, the display comprising a search result with a relevant portion of the data in a timeline format in the original document;

• the logic configured to identify the data in the timeline format;
• the logic further configured to identify timeline properties;
• the logic further configured to construct the search result comprising an extract and at least one timeline property.

A system comprising a search engine unit, wherein the search engine unit configured to display results of a search operation, the display comprising a search result with a relevant portion of the data in a timeline format in the original document;

• the logic configured to identify the data in the timeline format;
• the logic further configured to construct extract comprising a first component selected from date/time qualifier of a timeline item and the second component comprising a portion of the timeline event.