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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2002
Cary Lee Bates, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian John Cragun, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Reuben Day, Rochester, MN (US);
David Richard Poulter, Allen, TX (US);
Cary Lee Bates, Rochester, MN (US);
Brian John Cragun, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Reuben Day, Rochester, MN (US);
David Richard Poulter, Allen, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A search system and method for performing group-based searches. The system comprises a client system having a browser and a search engine plug-in, wherein the search engine plug-in allows group members to generate nomination data by nominating web pages; and a server having a control program and a group structure for storing nomination data, wherein the control program generates a primary search result list based on a search index, and further refines the search result list based on the stored nomination data.