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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorRabindranath Dutta
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In a system, method and program for identifying information accessible over a client/server network, search results obtained by a search engine running on a server may be improved by utilizing computing resources on a client. Initial search results produced by the server search engine are further processed on the client machine, which may produce a more refined set of search results. The processing on the client machine may be done using a client-side search program. The usefulness of the search results to a user may therefore be improved without the need for additional server resources. Data associated with the additional search results produced by the processing on the client may be sent back to the server. The server may then update its search engine such that results for subsequent searches on the server may be improved. A system for implementing the improved searching may include a network server having a server-side search program and a network client having a browser and a client-side search program. Program instructions implementing methods of the improved searching using such a system may be included on a carrier medium, which may be a transmission medium or storage medium.
A method of using a network client in identifying stored information accessible over a network, said method comprising:
A method of using a network server in identifying stored information accessible over a network, said method comprising:
A system for identifying stored information accessible over a network, said system comprising a network client adapted to perform an additional search on initial search results received from a network server, wherein the network client is further adapted to transfer data associated with additional search results to the network server.
A system for identifying stored information accessible over a network, said system comprising a network server adapted to transfer initial search results to a network client and receive from the network client data associated with additional search results from an additional search of the initial search results.
A computer-usable carrier medium, comprising:
A computer-usable carrier medium, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.