Support for object search

A server computer system to allow a user to search a fact collection repository, comprising:

• fact collection repository embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, each fact associated with at least one collected fact object, each fact associated with the collected fact object having a type of fact attribute and a fact value, and each collected fact object having at least one collected fact with a type of fact attribute being a name type,
• a query receiver that receives a search query from an object requester at a client computer;
• a fact reviewer for retrieving at least one fact from the fact collection repository, the retrieved fact corresponding to the received search query and having an fact attribute and a fact value;
• and
• an interface for sending the fact attribute and fact value of the retrieved fact to the object requester at the client computer using a feed format.

A computer implemented method of querying a fact collection repository embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, each fact associated with at least one collected fact object, each fact associated with the collected fact object having a type of fact attribute and a fact value, and each collected fact object having at least one collected fact with a type of fact attribute being a name type, the method performed by an object requester and comprising:

• sending a search query from the object requester at a client computer to the fact collection repository;
• receiving from the server computer system a feed having at least one fact from the repository, the feed contents having at least one fact corresponding to the received search query and having an object ID;
• and
• storing the received feed in a computer readable medium.

A computer implemented method of querying a fact collection repository, the method comprising:

• storing a plurality of facts in the fact collection repository, the fact collection repository embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, each fact associated with at least one collected fact object, each fact associated with the collected fact object having a type of fact attribute and a fact value, and each collected fact object having at least one collected fact with a type of fact attribute being a name type;
• receiving at a server computer system a search query from an object requester at first computer system;
• retrieving at the server computer system at least one fact from the repository, the at least one fact corresponding to the received search query;
• sending the fact attribute and fact value of the retrieved fact to a predetermined second computer system that is remote from the first computer system;
• and
• storing the fact at the second computer system.

A computer implemented method of querying a fact collection repository comprising a plurality of facts associated with objects, the method comprising:

• storing a plurality of facts in the fact collection repository, fact collection repository embodied in a computer-readable storage medium, each fact associated with at least one collected fact object, each fact associated with the collected fact object having a type of fact attribute and a fact value, and each collected fact object having at least one collected fact with a type of fact attribute a name type;
• receiving at a server computer system a search query from an object requester at a first client computer;
• retrieving at the server computer system at least one fact from the repository, the at least one fact corresponding to the received search query;
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• sending from the server computer system the fact attribute and fact value of the retrieved fact to a browser application executed on a second client computer.