Patent ID: 11860954
Assignee: ZAKTA, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. One or more non-transitory computer-readable mediums having instructions thereon for causing one or more computers to execute steps for establishing and utilizing a collaborative search portal, the steps comprising:
receiving a search query over a computer network;
generating search result data from processing the search query through at least one search engine;
generating a collaborative search portal associated with the search query;
receiving one or more instructions, over the computer network, for associating at least one of the search result data with the collaborative search portal;
associating the at least one of the search result data with the collaborative search portal;
associating a set of collaborators with the collaborative search portal;
storing, in one or more storage devices, the collaborative search portal and the associated search result data; and
wherein the instructions are further configured to operate a network accessible computer system to perform the steps of:
(i) allowing access to the collaborative search portal by each of the collaborators;
(ii) allowing any of the collaborators to modify the collaborative search portal wherein the instructions are configured to allow any of the collaborators to modify the collaborative search portal by performing at least one of: (a) adding a file to the collaborative search portal, and (b) adding a link not included in the search result data to the collaborative search portal;
(iii) displaying any modifications to the collaborative search portal made by one collaborator to all other collaborators in real time;
(iv) providing a chat interface allowing any of the collaborators to communicate with other collaborators in real time;
(v) associating a multi-portal collaborator from the set of collaborators with a set of one or more other collaborative search portals, each of said one or more other collaborative search portals being associated with its own respective set of collaborators;
(vi) allowing, for each of the one or more other collaborative search portals, collaborators from that collaborative search portal's respective set of collaborators to modify that collaborative search portal; and
(vii) providing a multi-portal status interface allowing the multi-portal collaborator to simultaneously view, for each of the one or more other collaborative search portals, a most recent updated time for that collaborative search portal, and identifiers of one or more collaborators from that collaborative search portal's respective set of collaborators.