Patent ID: 7240045

Claim:
A method for the automatic configuration of dynamic database search forms comprising: obtaining a database listing containing the uniform resource locators (URLS) for each one of a plurality of databases to be configured; accessing each one of said plurality of databases; capturing a web page from each database of the plurality of databases associated with said URL; locating data entry windows in said captured web page; determining a probability score for each of the data entry windows, wherein each probability score represents a probability that a corresponding data entry window is associated with a query request mechanism; selecting a most probable data entry window from among the data entry windows for passing queries to said at least one database, wherein the selecting is based on the probability score; searching candidate responses for a next link indicating a next page for additional results from said at least one database in response to a query; and writing an engine file describing the form layout and requirements based upon said candidate responses and said next link.