摘要 |
<p>The invention is generally related to search systems, such as systems for searching and cataloguing data on the Internet. The invention provides a server system for searching a network, the system comprising: a search data store storing: a plurality of addresses of locations of objects accessible using the network; and search data including data relating to information content of at least some of the objects; a program store storing processor implementable instructions; a processor coupled to the data store and to the program store for implementing the stored instructions; the instructions stored in the program store comprising instructions for controlling the processor to: receive a search request from a user terminal; retrieve search result data from the search data store comprising one or more search result address for objects having an information content relevant to the search request; transmit the search result data to the user terminal; receive from the user terminal information relating to an object located at an address provided to the user terminal by the server system; and update the stored search data using the object-related information received from the user terminal.</p> |