Patent ID: 6691106
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An instant portal software module executing on a computer system, the software module comprising instructions:to determine a plurality of distinct applications installed on the computer system; to automatically collect, without input from a user, information regarding the user from the plurality of distinct application programs installed on the computer system; to create a user profile based on the information collected; to generate a plurality of key-word based profile categories in the user profile using a relevance engine; to receive a search entry from the user to search for data related to the search entry on the Internet; to generate a plurality of queries based on the search entry and the plurality of key-word based profile categories to search for relevant Web page addresses on an Internet; to search the Internet for relevant Web page addresses using the plurality of queries generated; and to produce results of the relevant Web page addresses located.