1. A method for collapsing search results, the method comprising:
receiving user input to perform a search of a communications network;
performing the search based on the user input to generate the search results;
displaying the search results and a plurality of selection elements for removing each of the search results, each of the plurality of selection elements is displayed adjacent the associated search results;
receiving a user selection of a selection element associated with a search result;
automatically extracting information from the search result to generate one or more logic statements indicating a reason for the user selection, wherein at least one of the one or more logic statements is based on content of the selected search result;
prompting a user to select one or more of the one or more logic statements that are true for the user;
receiving user input affirming or rejecting each of the one or more logic statements, wherein at least one of the one or more logic statements is capable of being manually entered by the user; and
when the received user input affirming at least the one or more logic statements:
determining irrelevant results that are similar to the search result in response to the one or more logic statements selected by the user; and
collapsing the search results to remove the search result and the irrelevant search results.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communications network is the Internet, wherein the search is an Internet search, and wherein the search results are color coded according to potential relevance.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the selection elements removes an associated search result when selected, and wherein the collapsing is performed automatically in response to the user selection.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selection element remains once the search results have been collapsed to allow the user to redisplay the search results.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more logic statements are generated utilizing similar information retrieved from a plurality of search results selected for removal.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the one or more logic statements are generated utilizing word association.
7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving an affirmation or rejection of each of the one or more logic statements; and
storing the one or more logic statements for reference during future searches for the user.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more logic statements indicate why the search result is selected by the user.
9. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:
receiving user input specifying the one or more logic statements.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the selection element specifies whether to remove the search result, remove all search results from a network address, and remove the search results that are similar.
11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
displaying a summary of one or more logic statements utilized to collapse the search results.
12. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
adding the one or more logic statements to user preferences; and
performing additional searches utilizing the user preferences, wherein the one or more logic statements are utilized to limit the search results and wherein the one or more logic statements are enabled to indicate why the search result is irrelevant, inapplicable, and offensive.
13. A server for collapsing search results, the system comprising:
a processor operable to execute search components stored in memory, the search components comprising:
a search engine operable to receive user input from a client for a search of the Internet, the search engine performs the search to generate search results, the search results are displayed to the client as well as a plurality of selection elements for removing each of the search results;
collapse logic in communication with the search engine, the collapse logic operable to receive a user selection of a selection element associated with a search result, extract information from the search result to generate one or more logic statements indicating a reason for the user selection, when the received user input affirming at least the one or more logic statements, determine one or more search results that are similar to the search result, and collapse the search results to remove the search result and the one or more search results that are similar, wherein at least one of the one or more logic statements is based on content of the selected search result; and
user preferences in communication with the collapse logic, the user preferences operable to prompt a user to select one or more of the logic statements that are true for the user, receive user input affirming or rejecting each of the one or more logic statements, wherein at least one of the one or more logic statements is capable of being manually entered by the user, and store the one or more logic statements utilized to determine the one or more search results are similar, the one or more logic statements are utilized by the search engine to limit the search results generated during additional searches for the user.
14. The server according to claim 13, wherein the search results are automatically collapsed in response to the user selection, and wherein the search results are redisplayed to the client in response to the search results being collapsed.
15. The server according to claim 13, wherein the selection element specifies whether to remove the search result, remove all search results from a network address, and remove the search results that are similar.
16. The server according to claim 13, wherein the collapse logic determines the logic statements utilizing word associations.
17. A server for collapsing search results, the server comprising:
a processor for executing a set of instructions; and
a memory in communication with the process for storing the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions are executed by the processor to:
receive user input to perform a search of the Internet;
perform the search based on the user input to generate the search results;
display the search results and a plurality of selection elements for removing each of the search results;
receive a user selection of a selection elements associated with a search result;
automatically extract information from the search result to generate one or more logic statements indicating a reason for the user selection, wherein at least one of the one or more logic statements is based on content of the selected search result;
prompt the user to select one or more of the one or more logic statements that are true for the user;
receiving user input affirming or rejecting each of the one or more logic statements, wherein at least one of the one or more logic statements is capable of being manually entered by the user;
when the received user input affirming at least the one or more logic statements; and
determine irrelevant results that are similar to the search result based on the one or more logic statements; and
collapse the search results to remove the search result and the irrelevant search results based on the one or more logic statements.
18. The server according to claim 17, wherein the set of instructions are a search engine, and wherein the set of instructions are further executed to:
redisplay the search results to a user in response to the search results being collapsed, wherein the search results are color coded according to potential relevance.
19. The server according to claim 17, wherein the set of instructions are further executed to:
add the one or more logic statements to user preferences; and
perform additional searches utilizing the user preferences, wherein the one or more logic statements are utilized to limit the search results.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A discharging device for discharging at least one flowable component from a cartridge comprising at least one reservoir, comprising:
a cartridge holder; and
at least one advancing element that is mounted on the cartridge holder and that is adapted to be axially advanced relative to the cartridge holder along a distal direction of advancing, which advancing element is configured to act on the at least one reservoir of the cartridge in order to dispense from the reservoir a component received in the reservoir;
wherein the cartridge holder is configured in such a manner that it is possible for the cartridge to be axially inserted against the direction of advancing into the cartridge holder,
wherein the discharging device further comprises a rotating element that is mounted on the cartridge holder and is axially secured relative to the cartridge holder and is rotatable at least between a first orientation and a second orientation about a rotary axis that extends along the direction of advancing, wherein in the first orientation the rotating element makes it possible to axially insert the cartridge into the cartridge holder against the direction of advancing, and wherein the rotating element is configured to axially fix the cartridge inserted into the cartridge holder when it is in the second orientation.
2. The discharging device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating element is rotatable about the rotary axis relative to the cartridge holder to a third orientation that differs from the first orientation and from the second orientation, and wherein the rotating element comprises at least one catch to take along into the third orientation a catching element of a cartridge held in the cartridge holder in order to open at least one outlet opening of the cartridge.
3. The discharging device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a cartridge with at least one reservoir for a component,
wherein the reservoir is designed in such a manner that the component can be dispensed from the at least one reservoir through an outlet opening by distal advancement of the advancing element, and
wherein the at least one reservoir is fixable in the cartridge holder so as to be essentially non-rotational.
4. The discharging device according to claim 3,
wherein the cartridge comprises a retaining element that relative to the at least one reservoir is axially secured in terms of the direction of advancing,
wherein the rotating element in the first orientation allows axial sliding of the retaining element into the rotating element, and
wherein the rotating element comprises a locking region which in the second orientation of the rotating element establishes a positive-locking connection or a non-positive-locking connection with the retaining element in relation to the distal direction of advancing.
5. The discharging device according to claim 4,
wherein the cartridge comprises at least one catching element that is movable relative to the at least one reservoir, and
wherein the catching element is configured to be taken along by the rotating element when the rotating element is rotated to a third orientation, which differs from the first orientation and the second orientation, in order to open the at least one reservoir.
6. The discharging device according to claim 5, wherein the catching element is rotatable relative to the at least one reservoir in the direction of rotation of the rotating element.
7. The discharging device according to claim 5,
wherein at least one sealing plug for the outlet opening of the at least one reservoir is connected to the catching element, and
wherein the sealing plug is removable from the outlet opening of the at least one reservoir by the movement of the catching element.
8. The discharging device according to claim 5,
wherein the at least one reservoir is designed as a flexible bag, and
wherein at least one cutting element is connected to the catching element, which cutting element is arranged in such a manner that it cuts open the bag when the catching element is rotated, in order to form an outlet opening.
9. The discharging device according to claim 5, wherein the catching element forms a rigid unit together with the retaining element.
10. The discharging device according to claim 4, wherein the rotating element comprises a distal end wall, which comprises an insertion opening for the retaining element, which insertion opening is not rotationally symmetrical relative to the rotary axis, and wherein the retaining element comprises a form that is complementary to the form of the insertion opening so that the retaining element in the first orientation can be slid through the insertion opening into the rotating element, and subsequent rotation of the rotating element relative to the retaining element to the second orientation causes the retaining element to engage the end wall.
11. The discharging device according to claim 3,
wherein the cartridge comprises at least two reservoirs that are arranged so as to be parallel, and
wherein in the region of its respective distal end each reservoir comprises an outlet opening or an outlet region for forming an outlet opening.
12. The discharging device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating element comprises at least one stop element that interacts with the cartridge holder in order to on both sides delimit the range by which the rotating element can be rotated relative to the cartridge holder.
13. The discharging device according to claim 12, wherein the range by which the rotating element can be rotated relative to the cartridge holder is limited to less than 180\xb0.
14. The discharging device according to claim 1, wherein in the region of its distal end the cartridge holder comprises a retaining flange, and wherein the rotating element comprises two half-shells that are slid onto the retaining flange across the direction of advancing and that are interconnected.
15. The discharging device according to claim 14, wherein the half-shells are at least in part enclosed by a rotating ring that is non-rotatably connected to the half-shells and that radially fixes the half-shells to each other.
16. The discharging device according to claim 1, comprising a restraining device that is designed in such a manner between the cartridge holder and the rotating element that for rotation of the rotating element it requires that a torque threshold be overcome.
17. The discharging device according to claim 1, comprising:
a handgrip that is rigidly connected to the cartridge holder, which handgrip extends essentially across the direction of advancing and is designed in such a manner that it can be held with at least two fingers of a hand of a user; and
a ball-of-the-thumb support provided on a proximal end of the advancing element, which ball-of-the-thumb support is designed in such a manner that by means of the ball of the same hand with which the user holds the handgrip said ball support can be advanced in the distal direction.