Patent ID: 6182065
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A search engine for searching a database containing a plurality of data entries, wherein one or more of the plurality of data entries comprise a link to one or more others of the plurality of data entries, the search engine comprising:means for receiving an input search parameter from a user;means for comparing the input search parameter with the plurality of data entries;means responsive to the comparison means for identifying from the plurality of data entries a set of data entries matching the input search parameter;means for dividing the set of matched data entries into sub-sets, each of the sub-sets comprising data entries having links to each other; andmeans for determining, for each of the linked data entries of each of the sub-sets, a weighting dependent on a number of links contained in each of the linked data entries to others of the linked data entries therein.