Patent ID: 8620948
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for facilitating retrieval of information through a public data network, comprising: a user input subsystem for entering by a user one or more search terms; a database for maintaining a plurality of crowd-sourced search templates, each one of said plurality of crowd-sourced search templates having at least one logical link connecting between a plurality of search sources to be used when creating a mashup, said plurality of search sources being defined by a group of people through a public data network; and a subsystem which uses a computerized processor to retrieve a plurality of search results to said one or more search terms, said plurality of search results are acquired using a first of said crowd-sourced search templates and creates a mashup that combines said plurality of search results according to respective said at least one logical link of said first crowd-sourced search template.