Patent ID: 8832098

Claim:
A method for automatically providing access to one or more research tools, comprising: obtaining information related to a series of queries submitted by a user of a search engine, wherein the obtained information comprises a query log and a browse history; based on the obtained information, determining if the user of the search engine is conducting research about a particular topic; and providing access to the user of the search engine to the one or more research tools responsive to determining that the user of the search engine is conducting the research about a particular topic based on a level of confidence associated with the determining of the user conducting the research about the particular topic, wherein providing access to the user of the search engine to the one or more research tools comprises selectively providing to the user either a first means for accessing the one or more research tools based on a first level of confidence or a second means for accessing the one or more research tools based on a second level of confidence, the first level of confidence is lower than the second level of confidence, and the one or more research tools enable the user to collect and organize documents retrieved by the search engine in response to the series of queries.