Patent ID: 7133862
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for enriching a document, comprising: a document editor for authoring the document; a directed search service for (a) receiving input specifying a directed search while the document is authored with the document editor and (b) inserting the directed search in the document as a document service request; the directed search including search criteria and result parameters; the result parameters including information provider parameters, location parameters and form parameters; the information provider parameters identifying one or more information providers to perform the directed search and provide search results; the location parameters identifying where in the document the search results are to be inserted; and the form parameters specifying a form in which the search results are to be inserted into the document; and a meta-document server for (i) performing the directed search specified in the document service request by querying the information providers specified in the result parameters of the directed search with the search criteria specified in the directed search and (ii) inserting the search results in the document using the location parameters and form parameters that identity the location and the form to insert the search results in the document.