Patent ID: 8417685

Claim:
A collaborative searching network comprising: at least one intelligent client; a network medium capable of linking said intelligent client with at least one other intelligent client; said at least one intelligent client sending a data search request to said one other intelligent client; said at least one other intelligent client responding to said data search request with a data search result; said at least one intelligent client capable of receiving at least one other data search request from said at least one other intelligent client; said at least one intelligent client capable of responding to said one other data search request with a data search result; said at least one intelligent client and said other intelligent client responding to said data search request by retrieving data from at least said one other intelligent client or from a computer network; said computer network being comprised of computers that do not participate in said collaborative search network; said at least one intelligent client and said at least one other intelligent client are capable of building a data search result bank on each said at least one intelligent client and said one other intelligent client by recording said data search response; wherein future data responses to data search requests may be retrieved from said data search result bank on each said at least one intelligent client or said one other intelligent client; wherein said one intelligent client and said one other intelligent client that receive said data search result are capable of directing further data search requests to said data search result bank; a central intelligence unit; said central intelligence unit coordinating said intelligent clients; wherein said central intelligence unit functioning as a coordinating unit of said collaborative searching network; and wherein said at least one intelligent client functioning as a responding unit of said collaborative searching network.