Enhanced Patent Prior Art Search Engine

摘要

A search engine configured to search a database of documents and provide search results to an end user is described. The search engine may be configured to provide the end user with a list of synonyms for terms in the search query submitted by the end user and allow the end user to identify those synonyms which should be included in the search engine. Alternatively or additionally, the search engine may be configured to provide the end user with survey questions, the answers to which, may be used to further define the search query. The database may include notes and/or advertisements that are associated with specific documents in the database.