Automated user-friendly click-and-search system and method for helping business and industries in foreign countries using preferred taxonomies for formulating queries to search on computer network and for finding relevant industrial information about products and services in each industrial group, and media for providing qualified industrial sales leads

摘要

The invention, in general, comprises systems and methods for finding information relevant to a user on the World Wide Web. In various embodiments, the invention comprises using one or more of the following: ready-made English-language queries; an ISO Technical Standards Specification Terminology database; an economic activities database based on North American Industry Classification (NAICS); a language interface configured to enable a user to use his native language for constructing an initial query sentence based on subject structure and to obtain a corresponding English language query; an automated method of extracting site (URL) information on products, services and economic activities on the Web; and providing records showing search histories (with URLs), user names, and time data for marketing or research purposes.

主权项

1. A system for enabling a user to locate information of interest in different human languages, comprising:
one or more databases containing terms in a first human language, wherein the terms are organized into a hierarchical structure; a first computer executing search interface software recorded on a computer-readable medium and associated with a collection of information in a second human language, wherein the search interface software when executed causes the first computer to receive search queries in the second human language and to communicate search results from the collection of information in the second human language; and a second computer executing user interface software recorded on a computer-readable medium, wherein the user interface software when executed causes the second computer to communicate with the one or more databases, the search interface software, and a user, and to:
access the terms in the first human language from the one or more databases;communicate with the user to allow the user to navigate through the terms in accordance with the hierarchical structure;receive an indication that the user has selected one or more of the terms in the first human language;generate a draft search query in the second human language based on a translation of the selected one or more terms;display the draft search query in the second human language to the user;receive a revised search query in the second human language from the user;communicate the revised search query in the second human language to the first computer executing the search interface software;receive from the first computer search results in the second human language; andcommunicate the search results in the second human language to the user, wherein the one or more databases, the first computer, and the second computer are in communication with a computer network.