Personalized Library Interface For Providing Data To A User

Abstract

A personalized library interface that can be modified by a user and provides and that allows access to one or more data sets. A user indicates search strategies, and access to stored preselections is provided. Depending on user indication, the user is provided with information relevant to the search strategy or to information preselected by an entity other than a user, for example, an expert or advertiser. Searches from other entities may also be saved and used as an interface to the data sets.

1 . A method for providing data to a user from one or more data sets, said method comprising: 
 accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets; and    accepting from a user a request to view information, and, based on said request, selectively providing data set information comprising at least one of (a) recent information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies; (b) all information corresponding to one of said search strategies; or (c) preselected information from said one or more data sets, said information having been pre-selected by an entity other than the user.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , where said method further comprises: 
 accepting from said user one or more selected document identifiers or documents from said one or more data sets and storing these identifiers or documents;    accepting from said user a request to view information from said user stored selected documents, and providing said user stored selected documents.    
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , where said preselected information is preselected by an expert.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , where said preselected information is preselected by an advertiser.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , where said method further comprises: 
 storing one or more third-party search strategies each of said one or more third-party search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets;    accepting from said user a request to view third-party search information, and selectively providing at least one of (a) recent information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said third-party search strategies; or (b) all information corresponding to one of said third-party search strategies.    
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5 , where said one or more third-party search strategies are provided by an expert.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 5 , where said one or more third-party search strategies are provided by an advertiser.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , where said data set information comprises identifier information for one or more data items from said one or more data sets.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 8 , where said identifier information comprises citation information.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1 , where said data set information comprises one or more data items from said one or more data sets.  
   
   
       11 . At least one of an operating system, a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions, a co-processing device, a computing device, and a modulated data signal carrying computer-executable instructions for performing the method of  claim 1 .  
   
   
       12 . A system for providing data to a user, comprising: 
 user interface and storage means for accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets; and    user input and display means for accepting from a user a request to view information, and selectively providing data set information comprising at least one of (a) recent information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies; (b) all information corresponding to one of said search strategies; or (c) preselected information from said one or more data sets.    
   
   
       13 . A method for providing data to a user from one or more data sets, said method comprising: 
 accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets;    accepting from a user a request to view information;    providing data set information comprising information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies; and    providing data set information comprising preselected information from said one or more data sets.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , where said preselected information is preselected by an expert.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 13 , where said preselected information is preselected by an advertiser.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 13 , where said method further comprises: 
 storing one or more third-party search strategies each of said one or more third-party search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets;    accepting from said user a request to view third-party search information, and selectively providing at least one of (a) recent information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said third-party search strategies; or (b) all information corresponding to one of said third-party search strategies.    
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16 , where said one or more third-party search strategies are provided by an expert.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 16 , where said one or more third-party search strategies are provided by an advertiser.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 13 , where said data set information comprises identifier information for one or more data items from said one or more data sets.  
   
   
       20 . At least one of an operating system, a computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer-executable instructions, a co-processing device, a computing device, and a modulated data signal carrying computer-executable instructions for performing the method of  claim 13 .  
   
   
       21 . A system for providing data to a user, comprising: 
 user interface and storage means for accepting from a user and storing one or more search strategies, each of said one or more search strategies associated with one or more of said one or more data sets;    data input means for accepting from a user a request to view information;    display means for providing data set information comprising information from said one or more associated data sets corresponding to one of said search strategies; and    display means for providing data set information comprising preselected information from said one or more data sets.