초록 ▼

A server computer for a data communication system and adapted to transmit a document via a network, such as the Internet or an intranet, to a client computer in response to a request therefrom. The server includes an article memory for storing a plurality of article documents and respective bibliogr

A server computer for a data communication system and adapted to transmit a document via a network, such as the Internet or an intranet, to a client computer in response to a request therefrom. The server includes an article memory for storing a plurality of article documents and respective bibliographic data; processing circuitry for receiving from a system administrator and storing an article document selection rule, and for retrieving from the article memory a subset of the plurality of article documents and assembling a table of contents-type document from at least part of each of the subset of article documents. The subset of article documents is selected according to the respective bibliographic data using the article document selection rule. Transmission circuitry is responsive to the request for transmitting the assembled document onto the network for delivery to the client computer.

대표청구항 ▼

A server computer for a data communication system and adapted to transmit a document via a network, such as the Internet or an intranet, to a client computer in response to a request therefrom. The server includes an article memory for storing a plurality of article documents and respective bibliogr

A server computer for a data communication system and adapted to transmit a document via a network, such as the Internet or an intranet, to a client computer in response to a request therefrom. The server includes an article memory for storing a plurality of article documents and respective bibliographic data; processing circuitry for receiving from a system administrator and storing an article document selection rule, and for retrieving from the article memory a subset of the plurality of article documents and assembling a table of contents-type document from at least part of each of the subset of article documents. The subset of article documents is selected according to the respective bibliographic data using the article document selection rule. Transmission circuitry is responsive to the request for transmitting the assembled document onto the network for delivery to the client computer. hod as in claim 1, further comprising submitting a suggested autocompletion string to the query server in response to the user performing a single selection action with respect to the string, without requiring the user to perform an additional action. 15. The method as in claim 1, wherein suggesting the autocompletion strings to the user comprises selecting autocompletion strings to display based at least upon a search context specified by the user. 16. The method as in claim 1, wherein transmitting the dataset to a remote computing device comprises transmitting at least a portion of the dataset with a corresponding search page. 17. The method as in claim 1, wherein suggesting autocompletion strings to the user comprises suggesting the autocompletion strings as the user enters a query by voice. 18. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the dataset to each of a plurality of additional remote computing devices, and on each of the additional remote computing devices, suggesting autocompletion strings from the dataset to a user during search query entry. 19. A search engine system that embodies the method of claim 1. 20. A system for assisting users in generating search queries for submission to a query server of a database access system, comprising: a first component that extracts autocompletion strings from at least one of the following sources (a) a log of queries submitted to the query server by a plurality of users, and (b) descriptions of items stored within a database of the database access system; a second component that dispatches the autocompletion strings extracted by the first component to computing devices of users of the database access system; and a third component that runs on the computing devices and suggests the autocompletion strings to users as the users enter search queries for submission to the query server of the database access system. 21. The system as in claim 20, wherein the third component runs on a wireless computing device that lacks a full keyboard. 22. The system as in claim 21, wherein the third component suggests autocompletion strings in response to entry of queries by voice. 23. The system as in claim 20, wherein the first component extracts the autocompletion strings so as to generally favor the most popular items within the database. 24. The system as in claim 20, wherein the first component extracts query strings from the query log based at least upon frequency of string submission. 25. The system as in claim 20, wherein the first component extracts autocompletion strings from descriptions of items within the database based at least upon item popularity data. 26. The system as in claim 20, wherein the first component extracts the autocompletion strings periodically based at least upon a most recent set of user activity data. 27. The system as in claim 20, wherein the first component generates customized datasets of autocompletion strings for each of a plurality of subsets of a population of users. 28. The system as in claim 20, wherein the second component transmits at least some of the extracted autocompletion strings to computing devices with a search page to which the autocompletion strings correspond. 29. The system as in claim 20, wherein the third component automatically submits a suggested autocompletion string to the query server in response to a user performing a single selection action with respect to the string, without requiring the user to perform a further action. 30. A method of assisting a user in generating a query to submit to a query server, comprising, on a computing device: retrieving a dataset of autocompletion strings from a server, wherein at least a portion of the dataset corresponds to the query server; storing the dataset in a memory of the computing device; and in response to entry by a user of a search query for submission to the query server, suggesting autocompletion strings from the dataset to the user. 31. The method as in claim