Patent ID: 8510176
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method and system for acquiring and linking a plurality of data sources wherein a data source or the plurality of data sources is accessed through inputting search terms into a search engine or other data source discovery method, resource, or tool, said method comprising; setting up a collection of data sources on a server by a first user; setting up one or a plurality of the search terms for posting into the search engine or said other data source discovery method; setting up an algorithm to capture contextual data from a data source from the collection of data sources for implementation through the search engine or said other data source discovery method; setting up additional search term alternatives by appending terms from a synonym dictionary or other dictionaries for the search term or the plurality of search terms; accessing a peer to peer search engine or other search engine or said other data source discovery method by the first user; posting or inserting the search terms or the plurality of search terms into the search engine or said other data source discovery method; setting by the first user instructions schedule(s) or condition(s) for implementing a search by the first user; initiating the search from the peer to peer search engine or the other search engine(s) or a plurality of search engines or said other data source discovery methods from the server associated with the first user; executing said algorithm to collect contextual data about the data source from fields or strings near the search term; posting prices or terms and conditions for the use or exchange of the configured search terms; discovering ownership of the server housing a data source; posting into the collection of data sources associated with the first user the ownership information of the server, the data source web address, and the ownership or copyright information for the data source, acceptance of fees, terms and conditions; posting into the collection of data sources associated with the first user the associated search term or plurality of search terms returned by the search engine or said other data source discovery method; posting copied fields or data to the collection of data sources on the server associated with the first user; assigning by the first user or by computer readable code a value or weight to the data sources or data fields returned by the search engine or other said other data source discovery method from the data source of a second user; accepting or determining a fee for each data source associated with said second user per use of one or a plurality of fields within the data source; creating an email or other notification message addressed to said second user or owner of rights to the data source; inserting into the notification the fee or price or terms offered or automatically endorsed by the owner of the data source for rights to access or copy from the data source; inserting the fee or price or terms for other users of the data copied from the data source into the notification; inserting computer readable code or data structure templates into the notification to re-format, transform, localize, or reconfigure the data source of said second user; inserting computer readable code into the notification to enable a link between the servers associated with the first user and the second user.