Patent ID: 7908288
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting research on a multiplicity of research subjects, said method performed on a computer-based system embodied in computer software stored on and accessible from a computer-readable storage medium, said method suitably adapted to enable a user to compare and contrast subject-attribute combinations of a multiplicity of subjects within predefined as well as dynamic contexts, said method comprising the steps of: (1) the user providing a first subject; (2) selecting a context in which to compare and contrast the first subject by performing the following substeps: (3) associating one or more attributes with the first subject by performing the following substeps: (4) the user providing one or more additional subjects to compare and contrast; (5) associating in combination with each additional subject the one or more attributes associated with the first subject; (6) conducting a comparison-contrast search of the combination of the first subject and the one or more attributes associated therewith against the one or more combinations of the one or more additional subjects and the one or more attributes associated therewith by performing the following substeps: (7) displaying the search results on a Compare-Contrast console user interface.