Patent ID: 6457009
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of enabling multiple remote Internet resident databases within a category of databases to be queried from a browser by using one or more search fields of one generic form, a search field of said generic form having a uniform field name, said method comprising:A. storing, in a database of databases, at least one specific search field used to query a remote database from within said category of multiple searchable remote databases; B. creating translations from each uniform field name of said generic form to actual names of specific search fields used by said remote database and a unique indicia corresponding to said remote database; C. repeating step A and step B for each remote database within said category of multiple searchable remote databases, resulting in a number of unique indicia, one unique indicia for each database in said category, multiple remote databases being associated one-for-one with multiple unique indicia; D. arranging said generic form for said category and said number of unique indicia on said browser in response to a selection by a user of said category of multiple searchable remote databases; and, E. utilizing software at said browser to populate said specific search fields of said remote database in response to a selection by said user of said unique indicia corresponding to said remote database.