Patent ID: 7076484

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of data retrieval and presentation over a network comprising: responsive to receiving an inquiry, querying at least one search engine in said network as specified by configuration attributes and said inquiry; receiving references from said at least one search engine; processing content from said references according to research rules; determining if an existing research model has an association with said inquiry and, if said inquiry is associated with said existing research model, generating a research model based on said existing research model and revising said inquiry based on identified relationships between domain types, domain sub-types, and text passages within said existing research model; if said inquiry does not have an association with an existing research model, automatically generating a research model based on said processed content, said research model including at least one domain type; and automatically generating a research report from the research model, wherein said research report includes a relational graph illustrating said research model including: at least one cluster of a central domain type surrounded by domain sub-type nodes, a taxonomy section presenting a recursive list of domain types and domain subtypes, wherein a subtype is a pattern of consecutive keywords, and said keywords are frequently occurring nouns, a key relationships section that includes portions of text extracted from said content of said references which correspond to said at least one domain type, and a bibliography section listing citations to said references used by said research model.