A Search Engine That’s Aware of Your Needs

About this technology

Overview

NASA funded Stottler Henke, Inc., of San Mateo, California, a cutting-edge software company, with a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop the Aware software for searching through the vast stores of online knowledge quickly and efficiently. Stottler Henke's Aware software helps researchers deal with the mass of information that comes from tapping into the Internet. With user-focused search technologies, it weeds through throngs of documents and produces personalized, focused results. By providing researchers with tools that augment their decision-making abilities, Aware allows them to quickly access and digest the wide breadth of information pertinent to their tasks. The Aware software allows the user to control and define how the search is performed. It learns preferences and cuts tedious, time-consuming steps out of the research process. The software learns" the preferences of the searcher and tailors results to match."