Patent ID: 7761439
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: storing, on a client machine, a local index of articles associated with a user of the client machine; executing a search query on a local search engine running on the client machine and referencing the local index; responsive to executing the search query, receiving from the local search engine a result set associated with the search query, the search query referencing at least one of a person and an organization, the result set comprising a plurality of search results, one of the search results comprising search result data describing an attribute of the at least one of a person and an organization; identifying a global directory separate from the local index of articles; determining a global directory entry associated with the one of the search results received from the local search engine via a query of the identified global directory, the query of the global directory being separate from the search query submitted for execution on the local search engine, the global directory entry comprising a global directory entry attribute associated with the at least one of a person and an organization; modifying the search result data based at least in part on the global directory entry attribute; and displaying the modified search result data to a user.