US Patent 7496559 Apparatus and methods for locating data

Patent 7496559 was granted and assigned to X1 Technologies on February, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

X1 Technologies

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

74965590

Patent Inventor Names

William Gross0

Steven Lee Colwell0

Date of Patent

February 24, 2009

Patent Application Number

106545950

Date Filed

September 3, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

Don Wong

Patent abstract

The present invention provides for quick and efficient searches. In one embodiment, a search system, comprises an email search interface having at least a first email-specific attribute search field, a file search interface having at least a first file-specific attribute search field, a Web history search interface having at least a first Web-specific attribute search field, and an apparatus configured to perform incremental searching as the user enters characters into one or more attribute search fields.