Patent ID: 6907423
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling access provided to a client to content files during an information search based on a client search profile, comprising: receiving a search request from a client; creating a modified search request by applying a search profile for the client to the received search request, wherein the creating of the modified search request includes generating the search profile based on stored information pertaining to the client, the generating includes accessing the stored information pertaining to the client using login information for the client, the login information being collected prior to the receiving of the search request; and routing the modified search request to a search engine having a search engine collections populated from the content files, wherein the applying of the search profile includes adding at least a portion of the search profile to the received search request to specify a set of the search engine collections to be searched by the search engine with the modified search request, and wherein the modified search request comprises the received search request and the portion of the search profile comprising a tag label of one of the search engine collections.