Patent ID: 7424471

Claim:
A computer implemented method for personalized and repeatable search requests on a proprietary database wherein said personalized search requests are repeated to access and retrieve newly added information from the proprietary database with repeated requests being implemented with a minimum number of required steps by a search request user, the method comprising the steps of: entering a user defined search request into the proprietary database frequently updated with newly added information to retrieve information responsive to the search request; displaying to the user the retrieved information and permitting the user to save the user defined search request if the user determines the retrieved information to be satisfactory; adding a unique alphanumeric character sequence to the saved user defined search request, said unique alphanumeric character sequence specifically identifying the search request entered by the user for retrieving satisfactory information; making available to the user the saved user defined search request along with the unique alphanumeric character sequence in a format that is accessible in a web-friendly environment; and forwarding to a handler the saved user defined search request, along with the unique alphanumeric character sequence, whereby the handler searches for the unique alphanumeric character sequence and automatically repeats the search defined by the saved user defined search request to retrieve from the proprietary database information responsive to the user defined search request, including all responsive information added to the proprietary database subsequent to a prior search instituted by the user utilizing the same user defined search request, each search being performed by a search engine located at the proprietary database; wherein said search request user's minimum number of required steps includes: (1) saving said user defined search request which retrieved satisfactory information and (2) forwarding to the handler the saved user defined search request along with the unique alphanumeric character sequence; said proprietary database limited to the database which is updated periodically by the database host to add new information of interest for users; and wherein retrieved information responsive to the user's search request is not saved with only the user defined search request which retrieved information satisfactory to the user being saved along with said unique alphanumeric character sequence.