Patent ID: 7747600

Claim:
A computer-implemented multi-level search method comprising: performing a primary search by a processor of the computer, the primary search comprising: executing a query submitted by a user by carrying out a keyword search, on at least one network server, through a search engine index of pages; and returning primary search results; performing a secondary search by the processor of the computer, the secondary search comprising: identifying at least one third-party source of information based on the query to carry out information mining; automatically assessing a semantic interpretation of the query to determine an intent of the user that submitted the query; utilizing the identified at least one third-party source of information and the semantic interpretation of the query to derive secondary search results, the secondary search results comprising information mined from the third-party source based on the semantic interpretation of the query; and returning the secondary search results; displaying the primary search results in a first section of a user interface; and displaying the secondary search results in a second section of the user interface, the secondary search results comprising a focused summary based on the semantic interpretation of the query, the focused summary comprising information that is focused on terms that are popular and relevant to the query.