Abstract: A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system. The computer program displays all the information that is conventionally displayed in a plurality of pie charts in a single novel chart form. When applicable, this novel chart form can also display positively contributing components and negatively contributing components in the same chart. The chart comprises a plurality of bars and each bar in the plurality of bars comprises a plurality of linearly ordered components. For each bar in the chart, the program includes instructions for patterning each component in the bar in a way that visually differentiates it from components in the bar that border the component.

Abstract: A search engine receives query terms from a client. In response, the search engine executes a search on a web directory to identify zero or more documents that match the query terms. The identified documents are associated with one or more categories. The search engine probabilistically selects one of the categories associated with the identified documents. Each message in a message database is also associated with one or more of the categories. The search engine accesses the message database and selects at least one message associated with the selected category. The search engine returns a web page containing references to the documents matching the query terms and the one or more messages selected from the message database to the client.

Abstract: A computer program product for use in conjunction with a computer system. The computer program displays all the information that is conventionally displayed in a plurality of pie charts in a single novel chart form. When applicable, this novel chart form can also display positively contributing components and negatively contributing components in the same chart. The chart comprises a plurality of bars and each bar in the plurality of bars comprises a plurality of linearly ordered components. For each bar in the chart, the program includes instructions for patterning each component in the bar in a way that visually differentiates it from components in the bar that border the component.