Title:
BOOKMARK SEARCH ENGINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2000/048057
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
The systems and methods described herein provide improved systems for identifying relevant content on the World Wide Web. The systems generally include two components. The first component is a system that lets users build a collaborative on-line database of bookmarks, with each bookmark being representative of a resource, such as a page, script, media file, or a website maintained on the Internet. The second component is a query mechanism that allows a user to enter a query, such as a search string, and that compares the search string to the online database of bookmarks to identify bookmarks to interest belonging to other users of the service. The bookmarks of interest can be returned to the user as the search results, and therefore the user is provided with that portion of the content of the World Wide Web which other users have deemed to contain information relevant to the query entered by the user.
Inventors:
FRANKOVITZ JASON
Application Number:
PCT/US2000/003608
Publication Date:
August 17, 2000
Filing Date:
February 11, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ITLIST COM INC (US)
International Classes:
G06F17/30; (IPC1-7): G06F/
Foreign References:
| EP0889423A1 | 1999-01-07 |
Other References:
KELLER R M ET AL: "A bookmarking service for organizing and sharing URLs" COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS,NL,NORTH HOLLAND PUBLISHING. AMSTERDAM, vol. 29, no. 8-13, 1 September 1997 (1997-09-01), pages 1103-1114, XP004095308 ISSN: 0169-7552
HIRAIWA S ET AL: "INFO-PLAZA: A SOCIAL INFORMATION FILTERING SYSTEM FOR THE WORLD-WIDE WEB" PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS,US,IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY INC., LOS ALAMITOS, CA, 3 June 1996 (1996-06-03), pages 10-15, XP000613317
KOSMYNIN A: "FROM BOOKMARK MANAGERS TO DISTRIBUTED INDEXING: AN EVOLUTIONARY WAY TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF SEARCH ENGINES" IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE,US,IEEE SERVICE CENTER. PISCATAWAY, N.J, vol. 35, no. 6, 1 June 1997 (1997-06-01), pages 146-151, XP000659201 ISSN: 0163-6804
HIRAIWA S ET AL: "INFO-PLAZA: A SOCIAL INFORMATION FILTERING SYSTEM FOR THE WORLD-WIDE WEB" PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS,US,IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY INC., LOS ALAMITOS, CA, 3 June 1996 (1996-06-03), pages 10-15, XP000613317
KOSMYNIN A: "FROM BOOKMARK MANAGERS TO DISTRIBUTED INDEXING: AN EVOLUTIONARY WAY TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF SEARCH ENGINES" IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE,US,IEEE SERVICE CENTER. PISCATAWAY, N.J, vol. 35, no. 6, 1 June 1997 (1997-06-01), pages 146-151, XP000659201 ISSN: 0163-6804
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mazzarese, Robert A. (Hoag & Eliot LLP One Post Office Square Boston, MA, US)
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Claims:
What is claimed is:
| 1. | A bookmark search engine, comprising a database having stored therein data representative of a plurality of bookmarks each identifying a resource on a network, the database being connected to a data network; and a query mechanism for allowing a user to enter a search string, from a client connected to the data network, for searching through the database to identify bookmarks associated with the search string. |
| 2. | A bookmark search engine according to claim 1, further comprising an uploading mechanism for allowing a user to upload into the database one or more bookmarks of interest. |
| 3. | A bookmark search engine according to claim 1, further comprising an information supplementation system wherein information is added to one of the bookmarks stored in the database. |
| 4. | A bookmark search engine according to claim 1, further comprising a demographic analysis system. |
| 5. | A bookmark search engine according to claim 1, further comprising a privacy mechanism by which a user indicates a level of privacy to be associated with one of the plurality of bookmarks. |
| 6. | A bookmark search engine according to claim 1, further comprising a framing process, the framing process providing a mechanism by which a bookmarking event is captured and transmitted to a remote search engine. |
| 7. | A process for searching through content on a data network comprising providing a server at which a plurality of users store bookmark data including bookmarks, and information associated with the bookmarks; organizing the bookmark data into a database of searchable information; and providing a search engine program, accessible using a data network, that allows a user to enter a search string, and that employs the search string to identify to the user bookmarks associated with the search string. |
| 8. | A system for identifying information on a data network, the system comprising: a client; and a server accessible to the client using a data network, the server including a database process that allows the client to store bookmarks in a database; and the server having a query mechanism that allows the client to enter a query for searching for entries within the database, thereby allowing the user to identify information on the data network by identifying bookmarked sites stored with database and associated at the user query. |
| 9. | A system for marking search results provided by a search engine, comprising a client; and a server accessible to the client using a data network, the server including a framing process by which a query is transmitted to a remote search engine and a search result is displayed at the client, the search result including one or more resources, the framing process capturing a bookmarking event relating to one of the one or more resources and using the bookmarking event to determine a relevance of one of the one or more resources. |
| 10. | The system of claim 9, the server including a database, the database storing the relevance of one of the one or more resources. |
| 11. | The system of claim 9 wherein the framing process further transmits the relevance of the one or more resources to the remote search engine. |
Description:
INTERNATIONALSEARCHREPORT PCT/US00/03608 C.(Continuation) DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT Category° Citationofdocument,with indication, where appropnate,oftherelevantpassagesRelevanttoclaimNo. AHIRAIWASETAL:"INFO-PLAZA:ASOCIAL1-5,7,8 INFORMATIONFILTERINGSYSTEMFORTHE WORLD-WIDEWEB" PROCEEDINGSOFTHEINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEONPARALLELANDDISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS,US,IEEECOMPUTERSOCIETYINC.,LOS ALAMITOS,CA, 3June1996(1996-06-03),pages10-15, XP000613317 thewholedocument AKOSMYNINA:"FROMBOOKMARKMANAGERSTO1-3,6, DISTRIBUTEDINDEXING:ANEVOLUTIONARYWAY9-11 TOTHENEXTGENERATIONOFSEARCHENGINES" IEEECOMMUNICATIONSMAGAZINE,US,IEEE SERVICECENTER.PISCATAWAY,N.J, vol.35,no.6,1June1997(1997-06-01), pages146-151,XP000659201 ISSN:0163-6804 page148,column1,line3-page148, column1,line48 AEP0889423A(SUNMICROSYSTEMSINC)1,6,9-11 7January1999(1999-01-07) abstract page3,line24-page4,line18 1 INTERNATIONAL SEARCHREPORT InterndtioqylAppUcatIonNo Intern4sl Appilcathn No|fermatun on patent tamily members PCT/VS 00/03608 PatentdocumentPublicationPatentfamilyPublication cited in searchreport| date memberfs)date EP0889423A07-01-1999JP11066108A09-03-1999