| SURFWAX, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120089914 | USER INTERFACES FOR NAVIGATING STRUCTURED CONTENT - User interfaces for navigating structured content. In one example embodiment, a user interface includes a grid, a header row of cells each positioned in a separate column of the grid, a header column of cells each positioned in a separate row of the grid, a plurality of multi-dimensional cells each having a unique position in the grid, and a viewport that displays only a portion of the grid. Upon of reception an indication that the portion of the grid displayed within the viewport should simultaneously scroll both horizontally and vertically, the multi-dimensional cells of the grid are configured to scroll simultaneously within the viewport both horizontally and vertically, and the header row cells and header column cells of the grid are configured to scroll in a synchronous manner so as to remain visible in the viewport and remain aligned with the rows and columns of multi-dimensional cells. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120036455 | USER INTERFACES FOR NAVIGATING STRUCTURED CONTENT - User interfaces for navigating structured content. In one example embodiment, a user interface for navigating structured content includes a grid and a plurality of multi-dimensional cells each having a unique position in the grid. Each cell is configured to display only a first dimension of structured content before selection and display one or more additional dimensions of structured content upon selection. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030226 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING LEXICALLY-RELATED QUERY ELEMENTS WITHIN A DYNAMIC OBJECT FOR SEMANTIC SEARCH REFINEMENT AND NAVIGATION - A method and system for dynamically refining and navigating between alternative search query elements are disclosed. The method and system are applicable to searching an information system such as the Internet, an intranet, or any database, lexicon, or collection of documents, disk drive, images or video or audio content. A user enters their search query into a search query receiver. As the user enters their search query, they see, in real-time in a dynamically-generated object, such as a drop-down menu, iFrame, or browser window, possible matches to their search query string, and more specifically, the user receives within the dynamic object alternative semantically- and lexically-related search elements that relate to the search query string and from which the user can either make a selection to further refine their search query, or the user can proceed to view search results based on the selected query element. The relation of alternate lexical elements is based on a controlled or structured vocabulary (for example a thesaurus). | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030195 | INFORMATION SEARCH, RETRIEVAL AND DISTILLATION INTO KNOWLEDGE OBJECTS - Embodiments of the invention provide for various methods and apparatuses for searching bodies of knowledge, such as previously indexed source documents reachable over a network, search results from previous searches, and results from performing meta-searches. Search criteria is received from a client, and the bodies of knowledge are searched based on the search criteria, and search results provided responsive to said searching. Search results may be configured to have associated distillation triggers, where selecting a trigger causes its associated search result to be distilled in real-time. Distilled search results can be indexed into portions of the source document for focused entry, and can also be grouped and analytically presented on mid-menus to allow the user to review distilled data in summary form. Results may also have associated status symbols indicating by symbol a particular topic area to which a result is related, and by opacity or other indicator the apparent relevance of a result to the particular topic area. Search and viewing preferences may be determined according to psychometrics, user selection of a default user category, through a question/answer session, or based on monitoring user activity which incrementally defines a profile. | 02-02-2012 |
