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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2000
Michael L. Emens, San Jose, CA (US);
Reiner Kraft, Gilroy, CA (US);
Peter Chi-Shing Yim, San Francisco, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus which enables a user to streamline the number of results presented to the user during a search session most typically performed over the Internet. The present invention allows the user to select specific results from a search result set which are to be excluded and are not to reappear in a subsequent result set in the search session. The present invention is capable of automatically excluding results from a search result set unless the user specifically flags the specific search results they want to keep and have reappear in a subsequent result set in the search session. This allows a user to save time during a search session by not having to view repeated results, and allows the user to focus on more relevant and related results.