Searching restricted content on a network

Abstract

A server may utilize a dialog engine and a search engine to extract key phrases from a received natural language query. A database may be searched for a set of webpages based on the extracted key phrases. A first response having a portion of the set of webpages may be transmitted. The server may continue, after the first response using a machine learning function without user search input, to search information associated with the received natural language query.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method performed by a server, the method comprising:
 extracting, by a processor of the server utilizing a dialog engine and a search engine, key phrases from a received natural language query;   searching, by the server, a database for a set of webpages based on the extracted key phrases;   transmitting, by a transceiver of the server, a first response having a portion of the set of webpages, wherein the first response includes an audible component; and   continuing, by the server after the first response using a machine learning function without user search input, to search information associated with the received natural language query.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 transmitting, by the transceiver of the server, a second response having additional text and audible results based on the received natural language query. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 generating, by the dialog engine and the search engine on the server, a second response having text or audible results based on the received natural language query and a text query. 
 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the searching is performed by a plurality of search engines. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the server transmits an option to review related information separate from the first response. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first response includes documents. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first response is provided by any one of a graphical user interface, a browser, a multi-media element, synthetic speech by a virtual agent, or a natural language response. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the natural language query is part of a dialog or speech. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the extracting includes utilizing a large vocabulary speech recognizer by the dialog engine. 
     
     
         10 . A server comprising:
 a processor configured to extract, with utilization of a dialog engine and a search engine, key phrases from a received natural language query;   circuitry configured to search a database for a set of webpages based on the extracted key phrases;   a transceiver configured to transmit a first response having a portion of the set of webpages, wherein the first response includes an audible component; and   circuitry configured to continue search, after the first response with utilization of a machine learning function without user search input, information associated with the received natural language query.   
     
     
         11 . The server of  claim 10  further comprising:
 the transceiver further configured to transmit a second response having additional text and audible results based on the received natural language query. 
 
     
     
         12 . The server of  claim 10  further comprising:
 circuitry configured to generate, by the dialog engine and the search engine, a second response having text or audible results based on the received natural language query and a text query. 
 
     
     
         13 . The server of  claim 10 , wherein the search for the set of webpages is performed by a plurality of search engines. 
     
     
         14 . The server of  claim 10 , wherein the server transmits an option to review related information separate from the first response. 
     
     
         15 . The server of  claim 10 , wherein the first response includes documents. 
     
     
         16 . The server of  claim 10 , wherein the first response is provided by any one of a graphical user interface, a browser, a multi-media element, synthetic speech by a virtual agent, or a natural language response. 
     
     
         17 . The server of  claim 10 , wherein the natural language query is part of a dialog or speech. 
     
     
         18 . The server of  claim 10 , wherein the extraction includes utilization of a large vocabulary speech recognizer by the dialog engine.