Patent ID: 9626406
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first user input that specifies criteria corresponding to an information need, the criteria including at least a category corresponding to the information need; analyzing the first user input to determine whether the first user input corresponds to a first type of category or a second type of category; in response to a determination that the first user input corresponds to the first type of category, executing a query against a set of one or more databases based on the criteria corresponding to the information need; and in response to a determination that the first user input corresponds to the second type of category, requesting additional user input that specifies at least one additional criterion corresponding to the information need, wherein the at least one additional criterion further categorizes the information need; and in response to receiving the at least one additional criterion, executing a second query against a second set of one or more databases based on the criteria corresponding to the information need and the at least one additional criterion that further categorizes the information need.