Patent ID: 6564209
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for providing and searching abstracts of data, comprising the steps of:(a) processing a request for information from a user; (b) searching for data relating to the user request in at least one information repository; (c) presenting results of the search to the user; (d) searching at least one abstract database for abstracts of the search results; (e) displaying links to the abstracts of the search results, wherein the links to the abstracts containing the text string are placed into a category and marked with an icon that represents the category, wherein the categories may be selected from a group of categories including a person category, a document category, a topic category, a client category and a project category; (f) allowing the user to search the abstracts of the search results for a text string; and (g) displaying links to the abstracts containing the text string.