Patent ID: 8560520

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of information retrieval comprising: at a date object identifier, accessing a first web page, identifying at least one date in the first web page and converting the at least one date into a specified format; at a related text identifier, identifying in the first web page a piece of text which is related to the at least one date; arranging a processor to generate a query using the piece of text and to send the query to a search engine; receiving a ranked list of web pages in response to the query and selecting one of the web pages; at a time object creator, downloading content from the selected web page and creating a time object by packaging together the piece of text, the downloaded content, and the at least one date in the specified format; and causing a display of the first web page at a graphical user interface and causing a display of the time object in conjunction with the first web page, the time object being dynamically generated for display with the first web page.