Patent ID: 6505196
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer readable medium having computer program code embodied therein for causing a computer to provide information, said computer program code comprising:program code configured to cause a computer to obtain a current user profile that differs from a previous user profile; program code configured to cause a computer to automatically formulate a search query when a current user having said current user profile opens a user interface, said search query comprising at least one field; program code configured to cause a computer to automatically obtain results, said results comprising literature obtained using said search query to perform a search of at least one literature source; program code configured to cause a computer to determine if said current user profile has attributes in common with said previous user profile associated with said at least one of a plurality of previous users, each of said previous user profiles comprising a previous user retrieval pattern; program code configured to cause a computer to determine an interest level associated with said current user in said literature by evaluating said previous user retrieval patterns where at least one of said previous user retrieval patterns is not a current user retrieval pattern; program code configured to cause a computer to rank said results according to said interest level in said literature; and program code configured to cause said computer to present said results to said current user.