Time-based search engine

Abstract

Search engine (1) in a computer system or network for identifying a series of objects linked together by one or more common parameters, comprising: A query module (2); A search module (3); A parameterization module (4) for assigning a score to each of the identified objects and for assigning a link value between the objects; A mapping calculation module (5) for mapping the objects in a 2D or 3D result space according to the score and link values ​​for displaying the resulting mapping on a screen; A reference identification module (6), for identifying a reference iteration and a reference mapping for an iteration corresponding to a stabilized mapping; A time module (7) for dating the iterations carried out by the mapping module. FIGURE 1