GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR SEARCH REQUEST MANAGEMENT

摘要

Computer apparatus for generating a graphical user interface on a display screen. The graphical user interface has a first command interface area for inputting and displaying cryptic commands for the definition of a search request, and a form-based second command interface area having fields for displaying parameters of the search request. The computer apparatus further includes an area for coupling the first and the second command interface areas such that the input of cryptic commands with the first command interface area generates a pseudo-simultaneous display of parameters reflecting at least some of the cryptic commands. The coupling means may include means for parsing the cryptic commands, program instructions for extracting structured data from the cryptic commands, means for storing the structured data within JavaScript objects, and program instructions for filling fields of the second command interface area by mapping the structured data.

主权项

1. A method for managing a search request comprised of a plurality of request parameters, the method comprising:
receiving into an interface, which is coupled with a computer, a text string of cryptic commands in a first code type compatible with a first search request format of a first remote search engine and representing the request parameters of the search request; converting, at the computer, the received cryptic commands in the first code type to cryptic commands in a second code type compatible with a second search request format of a second remote search engine and at least partially different from the received cryptic commands of first code type; and displaying the cryptic commands of the second code type on a display at the computer.