Patent Document ID: 8972442
Application ID: 14142999

Base Claim:
1. A method for generating a search template, comprising: capturing a user input defining at least one search tag and provided by a user using a user input subsystem; selecting a search template from a template database subsystem and using a template retrieval subsystem according to said user input, said search template defining a plurality of search sources and a plurality of logical relations therebetween; acquiring search results by using said search template to search search source accessible via a network; presenting the search results to the user; making the search template available to users other than the user via the network; and using crowdsourcing to update the search template so that the users input parameters from the users other than the user are used to update the search template.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising having the users rank contributors of information and data to improve the search template.