EP1938223A4 - Methods and apparatus for interactive searching techniques - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for interactive searching techniques

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Publication number: EP1938223A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: methods; searching techniques; interactive searching; interactive; techniques
Prior art date: 2005-09-29
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP06815835A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1938223A2 (en

Inventor

Eric Bonabeau

Pablo Funes

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Icosystem Corp

Original Assignee

Icosystem Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2005-09-29

Filing date

2006-09-29

Publication date

2009-11-11

2006-09-29 Application filed by Icosystem Corp filed Critical Icosystem Corp

2008-07-02 Publication of EP1938223A2 publication Critical patent/EP1938223A2/en

2009-11-11 Publication of EP1938223A4 publication Critical patent/EP1938223A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
- G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
- G06F16/903—Querying
- G06F16/9032—Query formulation
- G06F16/90324—Query formulation using system suggestions
- G06F16/90328—Query formulation using system suggestions using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection
- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
- G06F16/20—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of structured data, e.g. relational data
- G06F16/24—Querying
- G06F16/242—Query formulation
- G06F16/2425—Iterative querying; Query formulation based on the results of a preceding query

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
Mathematical Physics (AREA)
Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
Computational Linguistics (AREA)
Data Mining & Analysis (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
User Interface Of Digital Computer (AREA)
Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)

EP06815835A 2005-09-29 2006-09-29 Methods and apparatus for interactive searching techniques Withdrawn EP1938223A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US72163705P	2005-09-29	2005-09-29
PCT/US2006/038134 WO2007041343A2 (en)	2005-09-29	2006-09-29	Methods and apparatus for interactive searching techniques

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1938223A2 EP1938223A2 (en)	2008-07-02
EP1938223A4 true EP1938223A4 (en)	2009-11-11

Family

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Family Applications (1)

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EP06815835A Withdrawn EP1938223A4 (en)	2005-09-29	2006-09-29	Methods and apparatus for interactive searching techniques

Country Status (2)

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EP (1)	EP1938223A4 (en)
WO (1)	WO2007041343A2 (en)

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2006
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2007041343A3 (en)	2009-05-28
WO2007041343A2 (en)	2007-04-12
EP1938223A2 (en)	2008-07-02

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2008-05-30	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2008-07-02	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20080331
2008-07-02	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
2008-07-02	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Extension state: AL BA HR MK RS
2008-10-08	RIN1	Information on inventor provided before grant (corrected)	Inventor name: FUNES, PABLO Inventor name: BONABEAU, ERIC C/O ICOSYSTEM CORPORATION
2009-07-01	R17D	Deferred search report published (corrected)	Effective date: 20090528
2009-11-11	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20090911
2010-01-06	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20091204
2012-08-01	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2013-08-23	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2013-09-25	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20130403

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