Patent ID: 7788273
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for searching more than one internet database by facet, the computer implemented process comprising: displaying at least two or more facet navigators, wherein a first facet navigator from the at least two or more facet navigators comprises a first view field surrounded by a first manipulator field, wherein the first manipulator field comprises a plurality of graphical constraint manipulators representing fields in a first database; displaying a second facet navigator from the at least two or more facet navigators, wherein the second facet navigator comprises a second view field surrounded by a second manipulator field, wherein the second manipulator field comprises a plurality of graphical constraint manipulators representing fields in a second database, wherein a total number of the facet navigators used for the searching of the more than one internet database by facet corresponds to the total number of separate databases used in the internet search; setting a first constraint from a plurality of constraints for a facet in the first database with one of the graphical constraint manipulators in the first manipulator field, wherein the graphical constraint manipulators are a set of slider bars, wherein the set of slider bars are adjustable by the user to set the constraints for facets in a database; searching the first database based on the first constraint from the plurality of constraints; displaying in the first view field the search results from the first database that satisfy the first constraint; using the search results from the first database as a second constraint for searching the second database; searching the second database based on the second constraint; displaying in the second view field the search results from the second database that satisfy the second constraint; and repeating for any additional downstream facet navigators, wherein the any additional downstream facet navigators comprise facet navigators that use prior search results as constraints for separate databases corresponding to the any additional downstream facet navigators.