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Method for providing more informative results in response to a search of electronic documents

US6070157A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1997
Grant dateMay 30, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99934
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method provides a more informative result to a user in connection with the search for documents in a database. In particular, the method provides augmented addresses, in the Internet environment augmented universal resource locators, which include an indication of a document attribute which may be of interest to the user. Such attributes may include an indication of the language of the document (e.g., English or Japanese) or the popularity of the document.

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