Patent ID: 8380735

Claim:
A method for efficiently controlling and capturing dynamic database content comprising: obtaining a query from a user, said query to be used to search for relevant information in a specified area of subject matter; pre-processing said query, including: obtaining a database search listing, said database search listing identifying a plurality of candidate databases determined to be relevant for specified areas of subject matter, and format information indicating a query format to be used for querying at least one of the candidate databases; comparing said query to said database search listing to determine best matches from among the candidate databases, the matches representing a set of most relevant databases to submit said query; routing said query to the set of most relevant databases, including formatting said query based on the format information such that each one of said most relevant databases uses said query to locate relevant information for the user; obtaining results from each one of said set of most relevant databases; processing said results; and storing said results for use and analysis by the user.