Frequently a user's information needs are stored in the databases of multiple search
engines. It is inconvenient and inefficient for an ordinary user to invoke multiple search …

Information retrieval (IR) has changed considerably in recent years with the expansion of the
World Wide Web and the advent of modern and inexpensive graphical user interfaces and …

Conventional search engines, such as Bing, Baidu, and Google, offer a convenient way for
users to seek information on the web. However, with all the benefits they provide, one major …

The invention is related to the art of data search. It is described in reference to World Wide
Web and Internet searching. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that …

The proliferation of searchable text databases on corporate networks and the Internet
causes a database selection problem for many people. Algorithms such as gGLOSS and …

Web search engines have stored in their logs information about users since they started to
operate. This information often serves many purposes. The primary focus of this survey is on …

Federated search (federated information retrieval or distributed information retrieval) is a
technique for searching multiple text collections simultaneously. Queries are submitted to a …

Web search providers often include search services for domain-specific subcollections,
called verticals, such as news, images, videos, job postings, company summaries, and artist …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents an algorithm to derive content summaries from
“uncooperative” databases by using “focused query probes,” which adaptively zoom in on …

Web search engines work well for finding crawlable pages, but not for finding datasets
hidden behind Web search forms. We describe a novel technique for detecting search forms …