Patent ID: 7424478
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying information comprising: generating a plurality of content modules, each content module comprising a subset of content of a web site; storing the content modules in a data store referenced by a content module data directory, the content module data directory arranged in a data tree hierarchy having a plurality of tree nodes, wherein each tree node comprises a pointer to a content module and each node is associated with a subject category identifier; receiving a query; determining if the query matches a subject category identifier in an exact match table; responsive to determining that the query matches the subject category identifier in the exact match table, retrieving a first content module referenced by a tree node associated with the subject category identifier from the exact match table, and traversing the data tree hierarchy from the matching node associated with the exact matching subject category identifier to a child node to retrieve a second content module comprising more specific content than the first content module; responsive to determining that the query does not match any subject category identifiers in the exact match table, determining if an alternative match exists between the query and an alternative subject category identifier in an alternative match table; responsive to determining that the query matches the alternative subject category identifier in the alternative match table, retrieving a first content module referenced by a tree node associated with the alternative matching subject category identifier, and traversing the data tree hierarchy from the matching node associated with the alternative matching subject category identifier to a parent node to retrieve a second content module, wherein the second content module comprises more general content than the first content module; and outputting said subsets of content of a web site from said first and second content modules to a display screen.