Patent ID: 8732192
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for searching for a previously visited web page, the method comprising the steps of: a first computer receiving a plurality of search parameters from a second computer after a user has placed first and second elements on a canvas of a user interface of the second computer, the plurality of search parameters including a parameter identifying a first characteristic of the first element and a parameter identifying a first weight of confidence in a recollection of the user that the first element has the first characteristic on the previously visited web page, the plurality of search parameters further including a parameter identifying a second characteristic of the second element and a parameter identifying a second weight of confidence in a recollection of the user that the second element has the second characteristic on the previously visited web page, wherein the first and second weights are automatically and respectively assigned to the first and second elements in a manner hidden from the user and based on an order in which the user has placed the first and second elements on the canvas, wherein a greater value is assigned to the first weight than the second weight based on the order, and wherein the order comprises placement by the user of the first element on the canvas followed by placement by the user of the second element on the canvas; the first computer searching for the first and second characteristics in a database including characteristics of elements of indexed web pages; the first computer finding a match between the first characteristic and a characteristic of a first element of an indexed web page of the indexed web pages and between the second characteristic and a characteristic of a second element of the indexed web page, wherein the first characteristic indicates that the first element is an image and wherein the characteristic of the first element of the indexed web page indicates that the first element of the indexed web page is an image and wherein the step of the first computer finding the match between the first characteristic and the characteristic of the first element of the indexed web page and between the second characteristic and the characteristic of the second element of the indexed web page comprises the step of the first computer determining that the first characteristic and the characteristic of the first element of the indexed web page both indicate an image; the first computer creating a list including an identification of the indexed web page; and the first computer sending the list to the second computer.