METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING RELEVANT SOURCES, QUERYING AND MERGING RESULTS FROM MULTIPLE CONTENT SOURCES

摘要

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a computer implemented method and system for processing a query may include receiving a query from a user device; categorizing the query to identify one or more content sources; formatting the query according to one or more content source specifics for the one or more content sources; transmitting the formatted query for the one or more content sources to the one or more content sources; merging results in response to the formatted query from the one or more content sources based at least in part on one or more factors; and formatting the results for delivering to the user device.