Universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8086604
APP PUB NO 20050080783A1
SERIAL NO

11000413

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The present invention provides convenient access to items of information that are related to various descriptors input by a user, by means of a unitary interface which is capable of accessing information in a variety of locations, through a number of different techniques. Using a plurality of heuristic algorithms to operate upon information descriptors input by the user, the present invention locates and displays candidate items of information for selection and/or retrieval. Thus, the advantages of a search engine can be exploited, while listing only relevant object candidate items of information.

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  • APPLE INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arrouye, Yan Cupertino, US 126 4279
Mortensen, Keith Sunnyvale, US 4 340

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