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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
David Christianson, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert B Doorenbos, Seattle, WA (US);
Oren Etzioni, Seattle, WA (US);
Chung Kwok, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory Lauckhart, Seattle, WA (US);
Erik Selberg, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel S Weld, Seattle, WA (US);
Netbot, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides assistance to a user in accessing network attached information sources. In one aspect, the invention is a method for intelligently routing a user query to information sources relevant to that query, extracting relevant data fields from received responses, and intelligently presenting the extracted data in order of estimated relevance. The system of this invention implements one or more steps of the method in a centralized or distributed manner on one or more network attached computers. Further, this invention provides a novel language and implementation that facilitates easily written and maintained descriptions of information source query and response formats.