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Abstract

Selection terminals, typically PC computers running internet browsers, make search requests to a searching station or search engine. The searching station receives search terms and performs a probabilistic searching operation. In this way, emphasis is placed upon received terms that occur infrequently within source material. Search results, in the form of web sites of interest of which the high value search terms occur are returned back to the selecting terminal for display. An icon is displayed at the selection terminals and search terms are supplied to the searching station by high-lighting text of interest and then dragging and dropping it to the icon. In this way, it is possible for sophisticated searching operations to be performed with significantly less effort required on the part of the user. In particular, there is no requirement for a user to specify Boolean operations.

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