Search engine for evaluating queries from a user and presenting to the user graphed search results

摘要

A search engine is provided which responds to a user's queries by generating and presenting a graphed result. In various aspects of the invention, these search terms can be associated with one or more axes of the desired graph. Thus, by way of example, a graphed result can be obtained by a user entering a search term in an X-axis search term window provided in a user interface. Any resulting graphed hits would have the entered search term (or its equivalent) on the X-axis. An additional feature of the invention permits the user to click on a data item of an initial graph to trigger a subsequent search and graphed result related to that data item.