Patent Document ID: 20120117048
Application ID: 13330186
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: a legal-research database including caselaw documents and statutory documents; a server operatively coupled to the legal-research database for receiving and answering queries for content for browser-equipped client access devices, wherein the server is further configured with: means for pre-processing or refining a user input query by make suggestions of alternatives queries, classifying the query using language processing, or selecting one or more portions of the legal-research database or one or more search engines to receive the refined query; switchboard means for converting the refined query and associated information developed by the pre-processor means, administering searches and collecting search results from search engines based on the refined query; and means for post-processing or refining the collected search results based on the refined input query, including means for modifying the order of results, means for removing inappropriate or undesirable content from the results, or means for applying historical performance analysis in presenting search results to users.