Patent ID: 8577877
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, using an apparatus, of searching and presenting information associated with geographical position data, said method comprising: generating a search profile from a first and a second input item, wherein said first input item is a general search input item and said second input item is a geographical position input item, selecting at least two databases from a plurality of databases based on said search profile, performing an overall search in said at least two selected databases based on said search profile, displaying results of the overall search of said at least two databases, the results including first information identifying a first one of the at least two selected databases and second information identifying a second one of the at least two selected data bases, the first information and second information simultaneously displayed, the first information displayed with third information providing an indication of a number of hits produced by the overall search of the first one of the at least two selected databases, and the second information displayed with fourth information providing an indication of a number of hits produced by the overall search of the second one of the at least two selected databases, selecting said geographical position data from a group consisting of country, user profile preferences and user profile accesses, the geographical position data being selected using a database selection engine, receiving a user input actuation selecting the first one of the at least two selected databases or the second one of the at least two databases based on the displayed first information, second information, third information, and fourth information, performing a detailed database search in the first one or the second one of the at least two databases selected based on the user input actuation, and displaying results of said detailed database search, the displayed results of the detailed database search corresponding to all or a portion of the hits produced by the overall search for the first one or the second one of the at least two databases selected based on the user input actuation.