Patent ID: 7289983
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of personalized searching for information in a distributed data processing system, the method implemented using a computer system having a processor and memory, the method comprising: providing in a search portal a personal search term list; receiving from a user a navigation identification message comprising a user identification for the search portal and a navigation location; inserting index records in a personalized search index in dependence upon the user identification, the navigation location, and the personal search term list; receiving in the search portal from the user a search query message comprising search criteria and a user identification for the search portal, the search criteria further comprising search keywords of interest to the user; creating, in dependence upon the personalized search index, the search criteria, and the user identification, a response to the search query message; and transmitting the response to the user.