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Interactive intelligent searching with executable suggestions
Assignee: Byteweavr LLC
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Filing: 2000-04-18
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Granted: 2003-06-10
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Expires: 2020-04-18
Abstract
Abstract A method, system, and computer program product for interactive searching with executable suggestions are provided. The present invention provides a search engine and data management technology that can understand what users are looking for, understand the data in a database, and present immediately useful suggestions for finding the right information. Executable suggestions are presented that enable a user to further narrow or broaden a search intelligently and adaptively in real-time. Each executable suggestion describes a search and corresponding search criteria and provides information on the actual search results a user will obtain according to this search criteria. In one embodiment of the present invention, a system has a suggestion engine and one or more suggestion spaces.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael G. Foulger
- 👤 Matthew J. Gaul
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 01:45
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/30; G06F16/33; G06F16/338; G06F16/332; G06F16/3322; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/951; G06F16/953; G06F16/954; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S706/00; Y10S706/902; Y10S706/934; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A system for interactive, intelligent searching ofdata elements in a knowledge base, the knowledge base including data elements in multiple search dimensions, comprising: a suggestion engine; and a suggestion space, coupled to said suggestion engine, said suggestion space having at least one data structure representative of relationships between data elements in the knowledge base; wherein said suggestion engine interrogates the suggestion space based on received scope change-search criteria to obtain scope change search results and returns a smart tip that represents said scope change search results; whereby an executable suggestion can be provided to a user based on the smart tip.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
101 words
A system for interactive, intelligent searching ofdata elements in a knowledge base, the knowledge base including data elements in multiple search dimensions, comprising: a suggestion engine; and a suggestion space, coupled to said suggestion engine, said suggestion space having at least one data structure representative of relationships between data elements in the knowledge base; wherein said suggestion engine interrogates the suggestion space based on received scope change-search criteria to obtain scope change search results and returns a smart tip that represents said scope change search results; whereby an executable suggestion can be provided to a user based on the smart tip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the search criteria indicates whether a tip for a broader or narrower search is to be generated, and wherein said suggestion engine interrogates the suggestion space looking for broader or narrower search results in accordance with the value of the received search criteria.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
68 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the data elements in the knowledge base data include job posting and IC profile data, and wherein the smart tip includes scope change search criteria, node and search results information, whereby, the executable suggestion can be displayed to user to query the user whether a broader or narrower search is to be executed given the returned node and search results information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said suggestion space includes suggestion tables.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 4 , wherein said suggestion tables comprise at least one taxonomy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein said suggestion space includes suggestion tables stored in the knowledge base and an in-memory suggestion space stored in memory, said in-memory suggestion space representing a copy of at least a portion of said suggestion tables.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of claim 6 , wherein said suggestion space includes: a suggestion space populator; and a suggestion space updater, said suggestion space populator and said suggestion space updater each being coupled between said suggestion tables and said in-memory suggestion space.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system of claim 4 , further comprising a suggestion structure builder coupled between the knowledge base and the suggestion tables, said suggestion structure builder receiving an input from a knowledge expert and generating an output to modify the suggestion tables in accordance with the received Jun. 27, 2002 input.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system of claim 4 , further comprising a knowledge base suggestion mapper coupled between the knowledge base and the suggestion tables to map data in the knowledge base to a corresponding location in the suggestion tables.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
The system of claim 1 , further comprising: a query builder, coupled to said suggestion engine; a tip formatter; a tip interface, coupled between said tip formatter and said suggestion engine; a smart domain module Jun. 27, 2002; a searchable interface coupled between said suggestion engine and said smart domain module.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
75 words
A method for interactive searching, comprising the steps of: receiving a search query; identifying at least one parameter in the search query that corresponds to a dimension in a suggestion space; interrogating the suggestion space to determine scope change search results based on a scope change search criteria; and creating a smart tip that represents the scope change search results; whereby an executable suggestion can be provided to a user based on the smart tip.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
75 words
A method for interactive searching, comprising the steps of: receiving a search query; identifying at least one parameter in the search query that corresponds to a dimension in a suggestion space; interrogating the suggestion space to determine scope change search results based on a scope change search criteria; and creating a smart tip that represents the scope change search results; whereby an executable suggestion can be provided to a user based on the smart tip.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 11 , wherein the scope change search criteria indicates whether a tip for a broader or narrower search is to be generated, and wherein said interrogating step interrogates the suggestion space looking for broader or narrower search results in accordance with the value of the scope change search criteria.
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