摘要 |
Search engine for extracting data from a database (3) with a matrix structure. The search engine contains a first set (J1) of executable commands for a first computer terminal (TR) connected to a network (R) for carrying out the following operations: sending to a second terminal (TI) an interrogation module (16) containing a second set of commands (J2) for execution by the terminal of a search request (20). The second terminal executes a search according to a preference profile (Pr) and returns a response to the search request containing response data and weighted frequencies for the response data. An Independent claim is made for an assistance method for helping a computer user to make customer tailored commercial offers based on data contained in distributed databases. |